Title Open wounds : the crisis of Jewish thought in the aftermath of Auschwitz / David Patterson

Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) Series The Pastora Goldner series in post-Holocaust studies Pastora Goldner series in post-Holocaust studies. Contents Introduction : the open wounds of Jewish thought -- The bankruptcy of modern and postmodern thought -- Ethical monotheism and Jewish thought -- The Holocaust and the Holy Tongue -- The sifrei kodesh and the Holocaust -- The Muselmann and the matter of the human being -- Jewish thought and a post-Holocaust tikkun haolam -- Mystical dimensions of post-Holocaust Jewish thought -- Though the Messiah may tarry -- Conclusion : no closure Summary "In this book, David Patterson sets out to describe why Jews must live - but especially think - in a way that is distinctly Jewish. For Patterson, the primary responsibility of post-Holocaust Jewish thought is to avoid thinking in the same categories that led to the attempted extermination of the Jewish people. The Nazis, he says, were not anti-Semitic because they were racists; they were racists because they were anti-Semitic, and their anti-Semitism was furthered by a Western ontological tradition that made God irrelevant by placing the thinking ego at the center of being."--BOOK JACKET Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-326) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence. Judaism -- 20th century. Judaism -- Doctrines. Holocaust (Jewish theology) Judaism -- History -- Modern period, 1750- HISTORY -- Holocaust. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Jewish Studies. Judaism -- Modern period Ethics Holocaust (Jewish theology) Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Judaism Judaism -- Doctrines Jüdische Theologie Auswirkung Judenvernichtung Ethik Rezeption Jüdische Philosophie Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021694537 ISBN 9780295803166 0295803169 029598645X 9780295986456

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