Anti-semitism and its metaphysical origins

"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...

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Main Author: Patterson, David 1948- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Camvridge Cambridge Univ. Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Reviews:Anti-Semitism and Its Metaphysical Origins, David Patterson, Cambridge University Press 2015 (ISBN: 978-1-107-04074-8), xii + 321 pp, hb £65 (2016) (Cain, Clifford Chalmers)
Edition:First paperback edition
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Antisemitism / Metaphysics / Philosophical anthropology
Further subjects:B Antisemitism History
B Antisemitism
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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"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-311) and index
ISBN:1107040744