- Description
- 1 online resource.
- Summary
- "This book articulates a deeper understanding of the phenomenon of Jew hatred as a metaphysical aspect of the human soul. Proceeding from the Jewish thinking that the anti-Semites oppose, David Patterson argues that anti-Semitism arises from the most ancient of temptations, the temptation to be as God, and thus to flee from an absolute accountability to and for the other human being"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781139629300
- 1139629301
- 9781316247556
- 1316247554
- 9781316251348
- 1316251349
- LCCN
- 2014032225
- OCLC
- 903391092
- Author
Patterson, David, 1948-
- Title
Anti-semitism and its metaphysical origins / David Patterson.
- Publisher
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of description
Print version record.
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- Other Form:
Print version: Patterson, David, 1948- Anti-semitism and its metaphysical origins 9781107040748 (DLC) 2014032225 (OCoLC)903236710