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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patterson, David, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--Philosophy.

Genocide.

Thought and thinking--Philosophy.

Thought and thinking.

Jewish philosophy.

Humanity--Philosophy.

Humanity.

Jewish ethics--Philosophy.

Jewish ethics.

Philosophy and religion.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Hebrew language--Roots.

Hebrew language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22873-5

1-139-23443-9

1-280-87780-4

9786613719119

1-139-23294-0

1-139-23073-5

1-139-23372-6

1-139-22927-3

1-139-23218-5

0-511-82083-6

OCLC:

794730837