The Jews, Instructions for Use : : Four Eighteenth-Century Projects for the Emancipation of European Jews / / Diego Lucci, Paolo L. Bernardini.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2013
• VerfasserIn: Bernardini, Paolo L.,; Lucci, Diego,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)

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 1780s, 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 redefi ne 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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