The Idea of Evil

This timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary.

• Surveys the intellectual debate on the nature of evil over the past two hundred years
• Engages with a broad range of discourses and thinkers, from Kant and the German Idealists, via Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, to Levinas and Adorno
• Suggests that the concept of moral evil touches on a neuralgic point in western culture
• Argues that, despite the widespread abuse and political manipulation of the term 'evil', we cannot do without it
• Concludes that if we use the concept of evil, we must acknowledge its religious dimension

Author: Peter Dews
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 10/01/2012
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9781118346303