
Idea of Evil e-bog
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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 conc...
E-bog
209,76 DKK
Forlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Udgivet
2 august 2012
Genrer
HP
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781118394229
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