Judaism, Antisemitism, and Holocaust

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-009-10003-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 621 g

In this book, David Patterson offers original insights into the dynamics that underlie the phenomenon of endemic antisemitism, arguing that in all its manifestations, antisemitism is fundamentally anti-Judaism. Structured in a unique matrix of chapters that are linked historically and theoretically, his book elucidates the interconnections that tie antisemitism with the Holocaust, as well as the Judaism that the Nazis sought to obliterate from the world. As Patterson demonstrates this is an ongoing effort and is the basis of today's antisemitism. Spelling out the historical, theological, and philosophical viewpoints that led to the Holocaust and that are with us even now, he offers insights into the basis of the hatred of Jews that permeates much of today's world. Patterson here addresses the 'big questions' that define our humanity. His volume is written for those who wish to have a deeper understanding of both the history and the current manifestations of Antisemitism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patterson, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I. Judaism; 1. What makes Jews Jewish?; 2. The stranger, my brother; 3. Exile and the movement of return; 4. A reflection on the Messiah; Part II. Antisemitism: 5. The why of antisemitism; 6. Word, blood, redemption: The essence of antisemitism; 7. Anti-Zionism: A morally required antisemitism; 8. Islamic Jihadism: The legacy of Nazi antisemitism; Part III. Holocaust: 9. The philosophical foundation of the Holocaust; 10. Killing God; 11. The Nazi refashioning of the image and the likeness: The Muselmann; 12. The recovery of a name after the assault on the name: The testimony of diaries and memoirs.

Über Autor(innen)

Patterson, David
David Patterson is Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair in Holocaust at the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at Dallas. A winner of the National Jewish Book Award and the Koret Jewish Book Award, he has published more than 240 essays and 40 books, including Shoah and Torah (2022), Portraits: Elie Wiesel's Hasidic Legacy (2021), The Holocaust and the Non-Representable (2018), and Anti-Semitism and Its Metaphysical Origins (2015).