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Law and evil : philosophy, politics, psychoanalysis /

Law and Evil opens, expands and deepens our understanding of the phenomenon of evil by addressing the theoretical relationship between this phenomenon and law. Hannah Arendt said 'the problem of evil will be the fundamental question of post-war intellectual life in Europe'. This statement...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hirvonen, Ari, 1960-, Porttikivi, Janne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Law and Evil opens, expands and deepens our understanding of the phenomenon of evil by addressing the theoretical relationship between this phenomenon and law. Hannah Arendt said 'the problem of evil will be the fundamental question of post-war intellectual life in Europe'. This statement is, unfortunately, more than valid in the contemporary world: not only in the events of war, crimes against humanity, terror, repression, criminality, violence, torture, human trafficking, and so on; but also as evil is used rhetorically to condemn these acts, to categorise their perpetrators, and.
Notas:"A GlassHouse book."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 308 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780203867464
0203867467
0415497914
9780415497916