{"product_id":"the-idea-of-evil-paperback","title":"The Idea of Evil - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Dews\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurveys the intellectual debate on the nature of evil over the past two hundred years\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages with a broad range of discourses and thinkers, from Kant and the German Idealists, via Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, to Levinas and Adorno\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSuggests that the concept of moral evil touches on a neuralgic point in western culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that, despite the widespread abuse and political manipulation of the term 'evil', we cannot do without it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcludes that if we use the concept of evil, we must acknowledge its religious dimension\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDews 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePETER DEWS\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex. He has published widely on 19th and 20th century European thought, with a focus on German Idealism, the Frankfurt School, and recent French philosophy. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLogics of Disintegration\u003c\/i\u003e (1987, reissued 2006), and \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Disenchantment\u003c\/i\u003e (1995). He has also edited and introduced two books on the work of \u003ci\u003eJürgen Habermas: Autonomy and Solidarity: Interviews with Jürgen Habermas\u003c\/i\u003e (1986) and \u003ci\u003eHabermas: A Critical Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1999).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127776186503,"sku":"9781118346303","price":44.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/69adec557531c93d8e99b6475b08b449.webp?v=1732590572","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-idea-of-evil-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}