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Idea of Evil
Contributor(s): Dews (Author)
ISBN: 1118346300     ISBN-13: 9781118346303
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
OUR PRICE:   $29.40  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Political
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Philosophy | Good & Evil
Dewey: 170
LCCN: 2013409025
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 272 pages
 
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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