Researcher ORCID Identifier
0009-0003-3621-5679
Graduation Year
2023
Date of Submission
4-2023
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
Reader 1
Jonathan Petropoulos
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2023 Noah J Galper
Abstract
This thesis is an intellectual history of Christian Wilhelm von Dohm's idea of improvement as expressed in the 1781 treatise On the Civic Improvement of the Jews. It seeks to understand an idea through the man who expressed it, the milieu from which he emerged, the motivation for its expression, and the sociopolitical environment with which it was concerned. It examines the idea of improvement through its manifestations in the enlightened absolutism of Frederick the Great, the social stratification of Prussian society, and Dohm's legislative proposal.
Recommended Citation
Galper, Noah, "Verbesserung: The Idea of Improvement in Frederician Prussia" (2023). CMC Senior Theses. 3236.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/3236
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
