03343nam a2200565Ka 4500 ocn801405926 OCoLC 20200709055459.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 120723s2012 enk ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9781139233729 (electronic bk.) 1139233726 (electronic bk.) 9781107011045 1107011043 (OCoLC)801405926 435289 (N$T) B5802.G46 P38 2012eb REL 040090 bisacsh 296.3 23 REL040000 bisacsh N$TA Patterson, David, 1948- Genocide in Jewish thought [electronic resource] / David Patterson, University of Texas at Dallas. Cambridge; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (xi, 252 p.) "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. Includes bibliographical references (p. 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. Description based on print version record. Genocide Philosophy. Thought and thinking Philosophy. Jewish philosophy. Humanity Philosophy. Jewish ethics Philosophy. Philosophy and religion. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Hebrew language Roots. RELIGION / Judaism / General. bisacsh RELIGION / Judaism / Theology bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Patterson, David, 1948- Genocide in Jewish thought. Cambridge; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107011045 (DLC) 2011046220 (OCoLC)761537963 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=435289 Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011046220-t.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011046220-d.html Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011046220-b.html cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50976 50976