TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patterson,David
TI  - Genocide in Jewish thought
SN  - 9781139232180
AV  - B5802.G46 P38 2012eb
U1  - 296.3 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Genocide
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Thought and thinking
KW  - Jewish philosophy
KW  - Humanity
KW  - Jewish ethics
KW  - Philosophy and religion
KW  - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
KW  - Hebrew language
KW  - Roots
KW  - Pensée
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Philosophie juive
KW  - Humanité (Morale)
KW  - Morale juive
KW  - Holocauste, 1939-1945
KW  - Hébreu (Langue)
KW  - Racines
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Judaism
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Theology
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index; 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
N2  - "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"--
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