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Author Patterson, David, 1948-

Title Genocide in Jewish thought / David Patterson, University of Texas at Dallas.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 252 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "Among the topics explored in this book are ways of viewing the soul, the relation between body and soul, environmentalist thought, the phenomenon of torture, and the philosophical and theological warrants for genocide. Presenting an analysis of abstract modes of thought that have contributed to genocide, the book argues that a Jewish model of concrete thinking may inform our understanding of the abstractions that can lead to genocide. Its aim is to draw upon distinctively Jewish categories of thought to demonstrate how the conceptual defacing of the other human being serves to promote the murder of peoples, and to suggest a way of thinking that might help prevent genocide"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index.
Contents Introduction: a name, not an essence -- 1. Why Jewish thought, and what makes it Jewish? -- 2. Deadly philosophical abstraction -- 3. The stranger in your midst -- 4. Nefesh: the soul as flesh and blood -- 5. The environmentalist contribution to genocide -- 6. Torture -- 7. Hunger and homelessness -- 8. Philosophy, religion, and genocide -- A concluding reflection on body and soul.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
Genocide -- Philosophy.
Genocide.
Philosophy.
Thought and thinking -- Philosophy.
Thought and thinking -- Philosophy.
Thought and thinking.
Jewish philosophy.
Jewish philosophy.
Humanity -- Philosophy.
Humanity.
Jewish ethics -- Philosophy.
Jewish ethics.
Philosophy and religion.
Philosophy and religion.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Hebrew language -- Roots.
Hebrew language -- Roots.
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Patterson, David, 1948- Genocide in Jewish thought. Cambridge; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107011045 (DLC) 2011046220 (OCoLC)761537963
ISBN 9781139232180 (electronic book)
1139232185 (electronic book)
9781139233729 (electronic book)
1139233726 (electronic book)
9781107011045
1107011043
Standard No. 9786613719119