04242nam 2200733Ia 450 991101882730332120200520144314.0978661106907097811183942291118394224978128106907812810690789780470691830047069183297804707659060470765909(CKB)1000000000405336(StDuBDS)AH3925061(SSID)ssj0000175979(PQKBManifestationID)11177843(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175979(PQKBWorkID)10223467(PQKB)11484658(SSID)ssj0000918218(PQKBManifestationID)12397462(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918218(PQKBWorkID)10907356(PQKB)11668273(MiAaPQ)EBC320086(MiAaPQ)EBC4523931(Perlego)1007296(EXLCZ)99100000000040533620070814d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe idea of evil /Peter DewsPaperback edition.Oxford Blackwellc20081 online resource (ix, 253 pages) Formerly CIP.Uk9781118346303 1118346300 9781405117043 1405117044 Includes bibliographical references and index.Kant : the perversion of freedom -- Fichte and Schelling : entangled in nature -- Hegel : a wry theodicy -- Schopenhauer and Nietzsche : suffering from meaninglessness -- Levinas : ethics à l'outrance -- Adorno : radical evil as a category of the social.Engaging with a range of thinkers, from Kant, via Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, to Levinas and Adorno, Dews suggests that the concept of moral evil touches on a neuralgic point in Western culture, arguing that, despite the widespread abuse and political manipulation of the term 'evil', we cannot do without it.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 This timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary. Despite the widespread abuse and political manipulation of the term, Dews argues that we cannot do without it. Yet our intuitions about evil pull us in different directions. The centrality of the ideal of rational autonomy to our modern self-image makes it hard for us to accommodate deeply rooted and obscurely destructive motivations. Furthermore, once having recognized the reality of evil, we may find ourselves succumbing to moral paralysis, even despair. Dews shows that these concerns are not marginal to the European philosophical tradition. They have perturbed some of the greatest thinkers of the modern age, from Kant and the German Idealists, via Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, to Levinas and Adorno. Written with lucidity and verve, The Idea of Evil traces a struggle to translate religious insights into secular, philosophical terms - and to acknowledge the perverse impulse of human freedom, without abandoning hope for a more just and compassionate world.Good and evilPhilosophyGood and evil.Philosophy.170Dews Peter711185MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911018827303321The idea of evil3998717UNINA