Vessels of Evil American Slavery and the Holocaust

Name: Vessels of Evil American Slavery and the Holocaust
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ISBN: 9781566391009

ISBN-10: 1566391008

ISBN-13: 9781566391009

Edition: 1993

Authors: Laurence Thomas

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Two profound atrocities in the history of Western culture form the subject of this moving philosophical exploration: American Slavery and the Holocaust. An African American and a Jew, Laurence Mordekhai Thomas denounces efforts to place the suffering of one group above the other. Rather, he pronounces these two defining historical experiences as profoundly evil in radically different ways and points to their logically incompatible aims.The author begins with a discussion of the nature of evil, exploring the fragility of human beings and the phenomena of compartmentalizing, unquestioning obedience to authority, and moral drift. Citing compelling examples from history and contemporary life,…

Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Temple University Press
Publication date: 10/13/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.84" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface



On Becoming an Evil Self



Two Faces of Evil: An Introduction



The Human Condition



The Moral Community



Characterizing Evil



The Psychology of Doubling



The Institutions



American Slavery and the Holocaust



Murderous Extermination and Natal Alienation



Surviving into the Future



After the Ashes



The Fate of Blacks and Jews


Name Index


Subject Index