LEADER 02713cam a2200421 i 4500001 225708 005 20240621185230.0 008 120514s2012 enk b 001 0 eng 010 2011046220 020 9781107011045 |q(hardback) 020 1107011043 |q(hardback) 035 (OCoLC)ocn761537963 035 225708 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 050 00 B5802.G46 |bP38 2012 100 1 Patterson, David, |d1948- 245 10 Genocide in Jewish thought / |cDavid Patterson, University of Texas at Dallas. 264 1 Cambridge;New York : |bCambridge University Press, |c2012. 300 xi, 252 pages ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 520 "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"-- |cProvided by publisher. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index. 505 0 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. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Genocide |xPhilosophy. 650 0 Thought and thinking |xPhilosophy. 650 0 Jewish philosophy. 650 0 Humanity |xPhilosophy. 650 0 Jewish ethics |xPhilosophy. 650 0 Philosophy and religion. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 650 0 Hebrew language |xRoots. 856 42 |3Contributor biographical information |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011046220-b.html 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011046220-d.html 856 42 |3Table of contents only |uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011046220-t.html 852 0 |bstacks |hB5802.G46 |iP38 2012