Understanding Genocide Through Jewish Thought
Genocide in Jewish Thought by David Patterson offers a profound theological and philosophical analysis of how genocide becomes possible—and how it might be prevented. Published by Cambridge University Press, this scholarly paperback challenges abstract modes of thinking that erase human dignity and enable mass violence.
What This Book Explores
- The relationship between body and soul in Jewish theology
- Philosophical roots of genocide and torture
- Environmental and ethical thought within Jewish tradition
- How abstraction leads to the conceptual destruction of the “other”
Who This Book Is For
Ideal for scholars, students, theologians, and readers of Holocaust studies, ethics, and religious philosophy, this book provides a deeply reasoned framework grounded in Jewish categories of concrete thinking.
Why It Matters
By revealing how dehumanizing concepts promote the murder of peoples, Patterson presents a moral lens that may help prevent future genocide. This is not just history—it is a call to ethical responsibility.
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