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This timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary.
  • 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

The Idea of Evil

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 05/10/2012
    ISBN13: 9781118346303, 978-1118346303
    ISBN10: 1118346300

    Number of Pages: 272

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

    Description

    This timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary.
    • 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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