The idea of evil /
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| Author / Creator: | Dews, Peter. |
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| Imprint: | Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2008. |
| Description: | ix, 253 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7537489 |
| Summary: | This timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary.<br> Surveys the intellectual debate on the nature of evil over the past two hundred years Engages with a broad range of discourses and thinkers, from Kant and the German Idealists, via Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, to Levinas and Adorno Suggests that the concept of moral evil touches on a neuralgic point in western culture Argues that, despite the widespread abuse and political manipulation of the term 'evil', we cannot do without it Concludes that if we use the concept of evil, we must acknowledge its religious dimension |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 253 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-245) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781405117043 1405117044 9781405117050 1405117052 |
