Anti-Jewish Superstitions and the Expulsion of the Jews from Vienna in 1670
Anti-Jewish Superstitions and the Expulsion of the Jews from Vienna in 1670

Summary/Abstract: European history between 16th and 18th centuries is often described as a period of transition, which influenced all imaginable aspects of society: from economy (rise of capitalism), political and social history (centralization of state power, the transformation of the traditional society) to philosophy and patterns of human behaviour (rationalism, scientific revolution, the civilizing process). The following study is concerned with the relationship between the eradication of anti-Jewish superstitions and state-based concepts of cultural history in early modern Habsburg monarchy: Norbert Elias's 'civilizing process' and Gerhard Östreich's 'Sozialdisziplinierung' identify the most profound change in the attitude of the political elite during the rise and establishment of absolutism.

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