Territories of evil /
"Evil is not only an abstract concept to be analyzed intellectually, but a concrete reality that we all experience and wrestle with on an ongoing basis. To truly understand evil we must always approach it from both angles: the intellective and the phenomenological. This same assertion resounds...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2008
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| Series: | At the interface/probing the boundaries ;
v. 45. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Territories of Evil; Contents; Introduction: Considering Evil; The Devil You Think You Know: A Psychology of Evil; How Civilians Became Targets: The Moral Catastrophe of "Collateral Damage"; Evil and the Loss of Intellect; Bonds of Authoritarianism and the Embodiment of Political Evil: An Interview with President Echeverría; Warfare, Pacifism, or Sabotage: Eastern Christian Responses to Political Aggression; The Uncanny and the Feminine Sublime in Japanese Political Fantasy; Demurring to Doom: The Geopolitics of Prevailing.
- Post-modern Narratives of Evil and 9-11: The Case of Frédéric BeigbederYou Are What You Eat: Cannibalism, Autophagy and the Case of Armin Meiwes; Adorno and the Guilt of Thinking; As Others See Us: A Critical Reflection of the Role of Humanitarian Landmine Action Organisations; 'Paedophiles' in Contemporary Culture; Terrorism: Within and Without; Born to be Bad or Born to Die? Evil and Finitude in Freud's Death Drive; Notes on Contributors.
