A group of distinguished historians makes the first systematic attempt to compare the experiences of French and German Jews in the modern era. The cases of France and Germany have often been depicted as the dominant paradigms for understanding the processes of Jewish emancipation and acculturation in Western and Central Europe. In the French case, emancipation was achieved during the French Revolution, and it remained in place until 1940, when the Vichy regime came to power. In Germany, emancipation was a far more gradual and piecemeal process, and even after it was achieved in 1871, popular and governmental antisemitism persisted. The essays in this volume, while buttressing many traditional assumptions regarding these two paths of emancipation, simultaneously challenge many others, and thus force us to reconsider the larger processes of Jewish integration and acculturation.
| ISBN: | 9783161480188 |
| Publication date: | 23rd July 2003 |
| Author: | Uri R Kaufmann, Vicki Caron, Michael Brenner |
| Publisher: | Mohr Siebeck |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 245 pages |
| Series: | Schriftenreihe Wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen Des Leo Baeck Instituts |
| Genres: |
Social groups: religious groups and communities Social and cultural history |
A group of distinguished historians makes the first systematic attempt to compare the experiences of French and German Jews in the modern era. The cases of France and Germany have often been depicted as the dominant paradigms for understanding the processes of Jewish emancipation and acculturation in Western and Central Europe. In the French case, emancipation was achieved during the French Revolution, and it remained in place until 1940, when the Vichy regime came to power. In Germany, emancipation was a far more gradual and piecemeal process, and even after it was achieved in 1871, popular and governmental antisemitism persisted. The essays in this volume, while buttressing many traditional assumptions regarding these two paths of emancipation, simultaneously challenge many others, and thus force us to reconsider the larger processes of Jewish integration and acculturation.
Jewish Emancipation Reconsidered features in the following genres: Social groups: religious groups and communities, Social and cultural history
Jewish Emancipation Reconsidered is available in Hardback
Jewish Emancipation Reconsidered was written by Uri R Kaufmann, Vicki Caron, Michael Brenner and published by Mohr Siebeck
Jewish Emancipation Reconsidered has 245 pages
Yes it is part of Schriftenreihe Wissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen Des Leo Baeck Instituts series
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