Full Description
These six essays form a stimulating and lucid investigation of the meaning of evil in the light of postmodern thought, and of the cultural and social changes of the modern age. They consider subjects such as the war in Bosnia, AIDS, and the Holocaust.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction, Jennifer L. Geddes; Part 1 Histories; Chapter 2 Evil Inside and Outside History, Berel Lang; Chapter 3 On Contingency and Culpability, Larry D. Bouchard; Part 2 Narratives; Chapter 4 Narrating Evil, Roger Shattuck; Chapter 5 The Plot of Suffering, David B. Morris; Part 3 Ethics; Chapter 6 The Reflexivity of Evil, Thomas Cushman; Chapter 7 Others and Aliens, Richard Kearney;