060093 VO+UE 'Collectors' and Rebels: The Haskalah in Central Europe (2008W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Language: German
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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 16.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 23.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 30.10. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 06.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 13.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 20.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 27.11. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 04.12. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 11.12. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 18.12. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 08.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 15.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 22.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
- Thursday 29.01. 13:00 - 14:30 Hörsaal 2 Judaistik UniCampus Hof 7 2L-EG-17
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Starting from the question 'What is Enlightenment?', the course is going to explore similarities and dissimilarities between the general and the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah).Subsequently, the process of cultural transfer that characterizes Central European Haskalah will be exemplified by three test cases, namely periodicals, education and autobiographies. While tackling the topics we will focus on questions like the language shift in Jewish society, the formation of an alternative Jewish elite (i.e. the Maskilim) and, connected to the latter, the creation of a modern school curriculum and, last but not least, of modern Jewish identity. Additionally, we are going to explore in which ways disciplining discourses were at work in the Haskalah movement.
Assessment and permitted materials
active participation + 10 min. talk in class (presentation of a source text); no written or oral exam
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
The course offers an overview of the most important trends and topics of Central European Haskalah. We are going to analyze a representative selection of source texts (e.g. pamphlets, sermons, periodicals, state decrees, autobiographies) and read the relevant works of secondary literature.
Examination topics
various methods of text analysis (e.g. close reading, narrative analysis, discourse analysis), processes of cultural transfer, gender questions
Reading list
für den 16.10. vorzubereiten:
Immanuel Kant, "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?", in: Ehrhard Bahr (Hg.), Was ist Aufklärung? Thesen und Definitionen, Stuttgart: Reclam 1974, 9-17.
Moses Mendelssohn, "Über die Frage: was heißt aufklären?", in: Ehrhard Bahr (Hg.), Was ist Aufklärung? Thesen und Definitionen, Stuttgart: Reclam 1974, 3-8.
vollständige Bibliographie und Syllabus im Semesterapparat
Immanuel Kant, "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklärung?", in: Ehrhard Bahr (Hg.), Was ist Aufklärung? Thesen und Definitionen, Stuttgart: Reclam 1974, 9-17.
Moses Mendelssohn, "Über die Frage: was heißt aufklären?", in: Ehrhard Bahr (Hg.), Was ist Aufklärung? Thesen und Definitionen, Stuttgart: Reclam 1974, 3-8.
vollständige Bibliographie und Syllabus im Semesterapparat
Association in the course directory
neu BA, MA: U1-442, U2-442; alt Bakk, Mag: U45
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