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Evil and human agency : understanding collective evildoing /
Professor Vetlesen investigates why and in what sort of circumstances evil desire arises, and how it is channeled, or exploited into collective evildoing. A philosophical approach combined with a sociological and psychological one is brought to bear on the Holocaust and ethnic cleansing in the forme...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Cambridge cultural social studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Professor Vetlesen investigates why and in what sort of circumstances evil desire arises, and how it is channeled, or exploited into collective evildoing. A philosophical approach combined with a sociological and psychological one is brought to bear on the Holocaust and ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia. Provocative and original. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 313 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-309) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511137729 9780511137723 0511135556 9780511135552 9780511610776 0511610777 9780521856942 0521856949 1107155886 9781107155886 1280431911 9781280431913 0511183798 9780511183799 0511201915 9780511201912 0511312032 9780511312038 9780521673570 0521673577 |