The Idea of EvilISBN: 978-1-4051-1704-3
Hardcover
264 pages
November 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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"At a time when the word 'evil' is being used in blatantly
ideological ways, it is more than ever necessary to examine the
philosophical history of this elusive concept. The Idea of
Evil is a splendidly lucid, erudite and incisive exploration of
the concept of evil in an impressive array of thinkers, which never
loses sight of the bearing of this investigation on the politics of
the present."
Terry Eagleton, University of Manchester
Terry Eagleton, University of Manchester
"For those of us who until today had a certain mistrust in the
current fashion for reintroducing the concept of 'Evil' into
philosophical discourse, reading the new book by Peter Dews is an
intellectual cure and a theoretical adventure. Certainly the best
book on the topic I know of."
Axel Honneth, J. W. Goethe-Universität
"Can the concept of evil be taken seriously without a resort to
religion, and without losing all faith in emancipatory politics?
Peter Dews' timely, scrupulous and passionate reading of
post-Kantian philosophy aspires to acknowledge that we are what's
wrong with the world, but without destroying the hope that we might
nevertheless change that world for the better."
Stephen Mulhall, University of Oxford