Cargando…

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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Billias, Nancy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2008.
Colección:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 45.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.