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Author Thomas, Laurence, 1949-

Title Vessels of evil : American slavery and the Holocaust / Laurence Mordekhai Thomas.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1993.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  940.5318 T458V    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 211 pages ; 22 cm
Contents pt. I. On Becoming an Evil Self. 1. Two Faces of Evil: An Introduction. 2. The Human Condition. 1. Good and Bad. 2. Immoral Rapprochement. 3. Understanding Obedience to Authority. 4. Obeying Authority and Becoming Morally Sullied. 3. The Moral Community. 5. Common-Sense Morality. 6. Moral Drift. 7. The People of Le Chambon. 4. Characterizing Evil. 8. Acts of Evil. 5. The Psychology Of Doubling. 9. The Problem. 10. Doubling and Multiple Personality Disorder. 11. The Psychology of Doubling. 12. Moral Disassociation -- pt. II. The Institutions. 6. American Slavery and the Holocaust. 13. The Conception of the Victims. 14. The Institutions. 7. Murderous Extermination and Natal Alienation. 15. Doing Justice to the Difference. 16. Ultimates in Evil: Alienation and Extermination. 17. Self-Hatred -- pt. III. Surviving into the Future. 8. After the Ashes. 18. Jews. 19. Blacks. 20. Historical Contexts. 21. Group Autonomy. 9. The Fate of Blacks and Jews. 22. The General Problem of Cooperation. 23. Neither Coercive nor Affirming Cooperation. 24. Cooperation and Having a Narrative. 25. Blacks and Jews.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Slavery -- United States.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
ISBN 1566390931
9781566390934
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