Anti-Semitism and Its Metaphysical Origins

ISBN-13: 9781107644953 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 333 str.

David Patterson

Opis

This book articulates a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of Jew hatred as a metaphysical aspect of the human soul.

Recenzje

'Daring, brilliant, comprehensive, challenging, disturbing - those words describe David Patterson's magisterial interpretation of anti-Semitism. From now on, no attempts to understand and resist anti-Semitism will be sound unless they grapple with Patterson's provocative thesis: Anti-Semitism originates in humanity's craving to be rid of God and ethical obligation. That deadly temptation ultimately entails destruction of Jewish life and tradition, the most enduring and persistent sources that bear witness to the living God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the divine commandment against murder, and the injunction to love one's neighbor as oneself.' John K. Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College

Spis treści

Introduction: anti-Semitism as deicide; 1. Preliminary explanations; 2. The arrogation of God: Christian theological anti-Semitism; 3. Islamic jihadism: religious-fanatic anti-Semitism; 4. The elimination of God: philosophical anti-Semitism in modern thought; 5. National socialist anti-Semitism; 6. Antihistorical anti-Semitism: Holocaust denial; 7. Anti-Zionist anti-Semitism; 8. Jewish Jew hatred; 9. Sounding the depths of the anti-Semitic soul: Arthur Miller's Focus; Concluding reflection: the messianic side of the soul of Adam.