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121Marx, Karl Heinrich — (1818–83) German founder of ‘scientific’ socialism. Marx’s father, Heinrich, belonged to the generation of Jews that was abruptly emancipated by the French conquest of the Rhineland and had its rights abrogated equally abruptly after the… …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
122emancipate — UK [ɪˈmænsɪpeɪt] / US [ɪˈmænsɪˌpeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms emancipate : present tense I/you/we/they emancipate he/she/it emancipates present participle emancipating past tense emancipated past participle emancipated formal to give freedom… …
123liberated — adjective 1. (of a gas e.g.) released from chemical combination (Freq. 1) • Similar to: ↑free 2. free from traditional social restraints an emancipated young woman pursuing her career a liberated lifestyle • Syn: ↑emanci …
124BUKOVINA — BUKOVINA, region between the E. Carpathians and the upper Dniester, part of Ottoman Moldavia until 1775, when it passed to the Austrian Empire as a result of the Kutsug Kainargi peace treaty (the entire region named Bukovina from 1774); after… …
125COMMUNITY — antiquity middle ages character and structures functions and duties individual centers the muslim caliphate in the east …
126EMANCIPATION — Definitions and Dialectics Emancipation of the Jews in modern times stands alongside such other emancipatory movements as those of the serfs, women, slaves in the United States, and Catholics in England. The term emancipation is derived from… …
127KANT, IMMANUEL° — (1724–1804), German philosopher. Born in Koenigsberg, East Prussia, Kant studied at the university in that city, where in 1755 he began to teach as a Privatdozent. In 1770 he was appointed to the chair of logic and metaphysics. His major work,… …
128PHYSICS — The material presented in this entry emphasizes those contributions which were important in arriving at verified present day scientific results, rather than those that may have appeared important at the time. Unavoidably it will overlap in parts… …
