The Jews, instructions for use : four eighteenth-century projects for the emancipation of European Jews / Paolo L. Bernardini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernardini, Paolo L.

Lucci, Diego, Author.

Series:

Perspectives in Jewish intellectual history.

Perspectives in Jewish intellectual history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Cultural assimilation--Europe, Western--18th century.

Jews.

Philosemitism--Europe, Western--18th century.

Philosemitism.

Antisemitism--Europe, Western--18th century.

Antisemitism.

Jews--Emancipation--Europe, Western--18th century.

Toland, John, 1670-1722.

Toland, John.

Dohm, Christian Wilhelm von, 1751-1820.

Dohm, Christian Wilhelm von.

D'Arco, Giambattista Gherardo, 1739-1791.

D'Arco, Giambattista Gherardo.

Grégoire, Henri, 1750-1831.

Grégoire, Henri.

Europe--Ethnic relations--History--18th century.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the four most important projects for Jewish emancipation in eighteenth-century Europe. The essays presented analyze the proposal advanced by the freethinker John Toland in 1714 and three projects of the 1780's, formulated by the state official Christian Wilhelm von Dohm in Frederick the Great's Prussia, the economist Count D'Arco in Mantua under Habsburg rule, and the Abbé Henri Grégoire in France on the eve of the Revolution. Focusing on the combination of humanitarian and utilitarian arguments and objectives in the proposals to redefine the legal and social status of the Jews, this book is a particularly useful resource for scholars and students interested in the history of Jewish-Gentile relations and the Age of Enlightenment.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: From Toleration to Naturalization: John Toland and the Jews

Chapter 2: "More Useful and Happier Members of Society": Christian Wilhelm von Dohm and the Amelioration of the Civil Status of the Jews

Chapter 3: On the Influence of the Ghetto in the State: Count D'Arco and the Jews of Mantua

Chapter 4: Degeneration and Regeneration of the Jews in Henri Grégoire's Work

Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61811-050-0

OCLC:

797833293