Moses Hirschel and Enlightenment Breslau

Breslau has been almost entirely forgotten in the Anglophone sphere as a place of Enlightenment. Moreover, in the context of the Jewish Enlightenment, Breslau has never been discussed as a place of intercultural exchange between German-speaking Jewish, Protestant and Catholic intellectuals. The story of Moses Hirschel offers us an excellent case-study to investigate the complex reciprocal relationship between Jewish and non-Jewish enlighteners in a prosperous and influential Central European city on the cusp of the 18th century.

Auteur

David Heywood Jones is a writer and researcher based in Berlin, Germany. His areas include Memorialization Cultures, Haskalah, German Idealism & Central European Enlightenment history.

Contenu
1.Introduction2.Jewish Historiography3.Socio-Ethnic History of Breslau History of Breslau4.Moses Hirschel A critical biography5.Haskalah and Enlightenment in Silesia6.Jewish Rights, Human Rights and Anti-Semitism7.Hirschel and the Orthodoxy8.Final Remarks9.BibliographyArchivesMoses Hirschel's WorksGeneral Works