Evil in modern thought: an alternative history of philosophy
Auteur :
Neiman, Susan
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691168500
Date de publication :
25 août 2015
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Poids :
425 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. For eighteenth-century Europeans, the Lisbon earthquake was manifest evil. Today we view evil as a matter of human cruelty, and Auschwitz as its extreme incarnation. Examining our understanding of evil from the Inquisition to contemporary terrorism, Susan Neiman exp