02968nam 22005055 450 991015044400332120230810190056.09783319408835331940883610.1007/978-3-319-40883-5(CKB)3710000000943255(DE-He213)978-3-319-40883-5(MiAaPQ)EBC4740975(Perlego)3491112(EXLCZ)99371000000094325520161110d2016 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierKantian Antitheodicy Philosophical and Literary Varieties /by Sami Pihlström, Sari Kivistö1st ed. 2016.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (IX, 320 p.) 9783319408828 3319408828 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Acknowledgments -- 2. Introduction -- 3. Chapter 1: Kantian Antitheodicism and Job's Sincerity -- 4. Chapter 2: Suffering and Forgiveness in Kafka and Post-Holocaust Antitheodicism -- 5. Chapter 3: Evil, Absurdity, and Nonsense: Beckettian and Wittgensteinian Reflections -- 6. Chapter 4: Pragmatism, Suffering, and Truthfulness: From James to Rorty to Orwell -- 7. Conclusion: The Transcendental Antitheodicy of the "Sick Soul" -- References -- Index.This book defends antitheodicism, arguing that theodicies, seeking to excuse God for evil and suffering in the world, fail to ethically acknowledge the victims of suffering. The authors argue for this view using literary and philosophical resources, commencing with Immanuel Kant's 1791 "Theodicy Essay" and its reading of the Book of Job. Three important twentieth century antitheodicist positions are explored, including "Jewish" post-Holocaust ethical antitheodicism, Wittgensteinian antitheodicism exemplified by D.Z. Phillips and pragmatist antitheodicism defended by William James. The authors argue that these approaches to evil and suffering are fundamentally Kantian. Literary works such as Franz Kafka'sThe Trial, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, are examined in order to crucially advance the philosophical case for antitheodicism.EthicsReligionPhilosophyMoral Philosophy and Applied EthicsPhilosophy of ReligionEthics.ReligionPhilosophy.Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.Philosophy of Religion.170Pihlström Samiauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut864347Kivistö Sariauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910150444003321Kantian Antitheodicy2545691UNINA