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| ISBN: | 9781400827442
1400827442
1282129708
9781282129702
0691126933
9780691126937
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | In Out of Eden, Paul W. Kahn offers a philosophical meditation on the problem of evil. He uses the Genesis story of the Fall as the starting point for a profound articulation of the human condition. Kahn shows us that evil expresses the rage of a subject who knows both that he is an image of an infinite God and that he must die. Kahn's interpretation of Genesis leads him to inquiries into a variety of modern forms of evil, including slavery, torture, and genocide. Kahn takes issue with Hannah Arendt's theory of the banality of evil, arguing that her view is an instance of the modern world's lo.
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| Other form: | Print version: Kahn, Paul W., 1952- Out of Eden. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2007 0691126933 9780691126937
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