The Devil Next Door : Toward a Literary and Psychological Definition of Human Evil.

Rather than theoretical or abstract, above all else, this monograph endeavors to serve as a practical guide, a handbook for helping us navigate a dark terrain. It neither presumes to examine the sources of evil nor suggest radical cures. These pages strive only to continue the process of naming the...

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Main Author: Profit, Vera B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Editions Rodopi, 2014
Series:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; Volume 87.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; BOOK ONE: Friedrich Dürrenmatt''s Der Verdacht; Chapter One: Victimization; Chapters Two and Three: Failure to Respect theAutonomy of Others and Their Depersonalization; Chapter Four: Narcissism; Chapter Five: Abuse of Power; Chapter Six: Scapegoating; Chapter Seven: Lying; Chapter Eight: Refusal to Heed Criticism; BOOK TWO: Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray; Chapter One: Victimization; Chapters Two and Three: Failure to Respect theAutonomy of Others and Their Depersonalization; Chapter Four: Narcissism.
  • Chapter Five: Abuse of PowerChapter Six: Scapegoating; Chapter Seven: Lying; Chapter Eight: Refusal to Heed Criticism; Afterword; Epilogue: A Literary and Psychological Paradigm of Group Evil:Max Frisch's Andorra; Bibliography; Previous Publications.