{"product_id":"vessels-of-evil-american-slavery-and-the-holocaust","title":"Vessels of Evil: American Slavery and the Holocaust","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo 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  he characterizes evil acts in terms of moral agency  magnitude  and intent. With moving testimony  Thomas depicts the moral pain of African Americans and Jews during their ordeals and describes how their past as victims has affected their future. Without invidious comparison  he distinguishes between extermination and domination  death and natal alienation  physical and mental cruelty  and between being viewed as irredeemable evil and as a moral simpleton. Thomas also considers the role of blacks and Jews in the Christian narrative. In Vessels of Evil  Thomas also considers the ways Jews and blacks have gone on to survive. He analyzes the relative flourishing of Jews and the languishing of blacks in this country and examines the implications of their dissimilar tragedies on any future relationship between these two minorities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44957014229045,"sku":"ByrdShop_1566391008","price":42.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781566391009.jpg?v=1770324624","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vessels-of-evil-american-slavery-and-the-holocaust","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}