German Jews and the university, 1678-1848

• Verfasst von: Richarz, Monika [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: German Jews and the university, 1678-1848
• Mitwirkende: Bagchee, Joydeep [HerausgeberIn] [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Werktitel: Eintritt der Juden in die akademischen Berufe
• Verf.angabe: Monika Richarz ; edited [and translated] by Joydeep Bagchee
• Verlagsort: Rochester, New York
• Verlag: Camden House
• Jahr: 2022
• Umfang: xl, 296 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Dialogue and disjunction: studies in Jewish German literature, culture, and thought
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-64014-115-5
• Schlagwörter: (g)Deutschland / (s)Juden / (s)Student / (s)Akademiker / (s)Judenemanzipation / (z)Geschichte 1678-1848
• Schlagwörter: (g)Deutschland / (s)Juden / (s)Akademiker / (z)Geschichte 1678-1848
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Richarz, Monika, 1937 - : German Jews and the University, 1678-1848. - Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2022. - 1 Online-Ressource (xl, 296 Seiten)
• RVK-Notation: NY 4620
• K10plus-PPN: 1788053036

Abstract

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.

Abstract

"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"--