Enlightenment & Diaspora: The Armenian & Jewish Cases, Richard G. Hovannisian & David N. Myers (softcover)

Armenian and non-Armenian scholars address the comparative historical paths of Jews and Armenians in absorbing and disseminating the values of the Enlightenment, and challenge conventional assumptions about the Enlightenment movement in Central and Western Europe. They explore the relationship between traditional religious sensibilities and new Enlightenment values, and the relationship among Enlightenment, diaspora, and nationalism