Rabbis and Revolution : The Jews of Moravia in the Age of Emancipation

Michael Miller

ISBN 10: 0804799717 / ISBN 13: 9780804799713

Published by Stanford University Press Dez 2015, 2015

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Neuware - A deeply researched and revealing study of the Jews of Moravia throughout the nineteenth century.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rabbis and Revolution : The Jews of Moravia in the Age of Emancipation
• Publisher: Stanford University Press Dez 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804799717
• ISBN 13: 9780804799713
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 226W x 155H x 32D millimeters 226 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 32 millimeters depth
• Weight: 690 grams

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Synopsis

The Habsburg province of Moravia straddled a complicated linguistic, cultural, and national space, where German, Slavic, and Jewish spheres overlapped, intermingled, and sometimes clashed. Situated in the heart of Central Europe, Moravia was exposed to major Jewish movements from the East and West, including Haskalah (Jewish enlightenment), Hasidism, and religious reform. Moravia's rooted and thriving rabbinic culture helped moderate these movements and, in the case of Hasidism, keep it at bay.

During the Revolution of 1848, Moravia's Jews took an active part in the prolonged and ultimately successful struggle for Jewish emancipation in the Habsburg lands. The revolution ushered in a new age of freedom, but it also precipitated demographic, financial, and social transformations, disrupting entrenched patterns that had characterized Moravian Jewish life since the Middle Ages. These changes emerged precisely when the Czech-German conflict began to dominate public life, throwing Moravia's Jews into the middle of the increasingly virulent nationality conflict. For some, a cautious embrace of Zionism represented a way out of this conflict, but it also represented a continuation of Moravian Jewry's distinctive role as mediator―and often tamer―of the major ideological movements that pervaded Central Europe in the Age of Emancipation.

About the Author

Michael Laurence Miller is Associate Professor in the Nationalism Studies Program at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.