German Jews and the university, 1678-1848 / Monika Richarz ; translated by Joydeep Bagchee.
2022
DS135.G33 R4513 2022
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Title
German Jews and the university, 1678-1848 / Monika Richarz ; translated by Joydeep Bagchee.
Author
Uniform Title
Eintritt der Juden in die akademischen Berufe. English
ISBN
9781800105379 electronic book
1800105371 electronic book
9781800105386 electronic book
180010538X electronic book
9781640141155 hardcover
1800105371 electronic book
9781800105386 electronic book
180010538X electronic book
9781640141155 hardcover
Published
Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2022.
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 296 pages).
Call Number
DS135.G33 R4513 2022
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1293985760
Summary
"For centuries Jews in Germany were denied full rights and excluded from gentile society. At the same time, Jewish law restricted scholarship to exegesis of the Talmud. But from the late seventeenth century onward, as German universities progressively opened their doors to them, many Jews turned toward university studies. This process accelerated around 1800 once education (Bildung) assumed a central role for social ascent among the so-called Bildungsbürgertum (cultural bourgeoisie). Many Jews sought to benefit from the professional and social opportunities that university attendance enabled, but they soon discovered that while the state encouraged education as a means of "moral improvement" of the Jews, it was unwilling to concede them the right to professional careers. Alienated from their ancestral religion and unwilling or unable to return to trading occupations, academized Jews often found themselves leading precarious existences. Many joined the struggle for emancipation or took up the reform of Judaism. Now available in English translation for the first time, Monika Richarz's classic study addresses the far-reaching transformation of German Jewry under the impact of university education. It traces the secularization of Jewish education, the significance of academic education for social assimilation, and the loss of Jewish solidarity with increasing acculturation and emancipation"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Jewish education in the enlightenment era
Jewish encounters with the university before emancipation
Jewish students in the first half of the nineteenth century
The social situation of Jewish students in the pre-1848 Era
The professional experience of Jewish university graduates.
Jewish encounters with the university before emancipation
Jewish students in the first half of the nineteenth century
The social situation of Jewish students in the pre-1848 Era
The professional experience of Jewish university graduates.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 22, 2022).
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Series
Dialogue and disjunction.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Richarz, Monika. German Jews and the university, 1678-1848 Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2022
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