The nature of evil / / Daryl Koehn
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| Autore: |
Koehn Daryl <1955->
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| Titolo: |
The nature of evil / / Daryl Koehn
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 170 |
| Soggetto topico: | Good and evil |
| Ethics | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-299) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Evil as Vice; 2 Evil as Losing the Ability to Act; 3 Evil as Flight from Narcissistic Boredom; 4 Evil as Hypocritical Repression; 5 Evil as Imagined Portent; 6 Evil as the Loss of Our Humanity; 7 Evil as Satanizing Self, Others, and God; 8 Evil as Fanatical Impiety; 9 Final Thoughts; Notes; Works Consulted; About the Author; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | When human beings do horrifying things, are they evil? By exploring such popular literature as The Talented Mr. Ripley, Dante's Inferno, The Turn of the Screw, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Koehn illustrates that the roots of human violence are not true evil but a symptom of our failure to really know who we are. It is this lack of understanding of ourselves that can lead humans to perform horrifying deeds, rather than 'evil' itself. This is a deep look into human nature, its beauty and its failings. The Nature of Evil offers an i |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The nature of evil |
| ISBN: | 1-281-36804-0 |
| 9786611368043 | |
| 1-4039-7937-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827355803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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