Idea of Evil

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

Av Peter Dews, UK) Dews, Peter (University of Essex

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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 yearsEngages with a broad range of discourses and thinkers, from Kant and the German Idealists, via Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, to Levinas and AdornoSuggests that the concept of moral evil touches on a neuralgic point in western cultureArgues that, despite the widespread abuse and political manipulation of the term ‘evil’, we cannot do without itConcludes that if we use the concept of evil, we must acknowledge its religious dimension

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-10-05
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781118346303

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PETER DEWS is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex. He has published widely on 19th and 20th century European thought, with a focus on German Idealism, the Frankfurt School, and recent French philosophy. He is the author of Logics of Disintegration (1987, reissued 2006), and The Limits of Disenchantment (1995). He has also edited and introduced two books on the work of Jürgen Habermas: Autonomy and Solidarity: Interviews with Jürgen Habermas (1986) and Habermas: A Critical Reader (Blackwell, 1999).