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- Author:Phillip A. Cole
- ISBN:0275992160
- ISBN13:978-0275992163
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- Publisher:Praeger (July 30, 2006)
- Pages:264 pages
- Subcategory:Humanities
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In this fascinating book, Phillip Cole argues that this powerful myth (of Evil) still holds us enthralled but .
In this fascinating book, Phillip Cole argues that this powerful myth (of Evil) still holds us enthralled but that it tells us very little about the real world in dealing with Terrorists or serial killers, etc, and yet it affects pages of newspaper copy and even judicial judgements. The Myth of Evil was presented at this year's Edinburgh Book Festival alongside Michael Gove's Celsius 7/7 which proved a remarkably apposite example of Evil's political uses (as Gove warns of a new Totalitarianism stalking us in our sleep, where this monster is fully formed and without need of further investigation).
The Myth of Evil explores a contradiction at the heart of modern thought about what it is to be human: the belief that a human being . Cole rejects both approaches and posits that evil is a myth humankind has created about itself.
The Myth of Evil explores a contradiction at the heart of modern thought about what it is to be human: the belief that a human being cannot commit a radically evil act purely for its own sake and the evidence that radically evil acts are committed not by inhuman monsters, but by human beings. This contradiction can be seen most clearly when we consider the most extreme forms of evil: war crimes, serial murders, sex offences, murders committed by children.
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Demonizing the enemy, Demonization of the enemy or Dehumanization of the enemy is a propaganda technique which promotes an idea about the enemy being a threatening, evil aggressor with only destructive objectives. Demonization is the oldest propaganda technique aimed to inspire hatred toward the enemy necessary to hurt them more easily, to preserve and mobilize allies and demoralize the enemy.
The Myth of Evil explores a contradiction at the heart of modern thought about what it is to be human: the belief that a human being cant commit a radically . Additional Product Features. Place of Publication.
The Myth of Evil explores a contradiction at the heart of modern thought about what it is to be human: the belief that a human being cant commit a radically evil act purely for its own sake and the evidence that radically evil acts are committed t by inhuman monsters, but by human beings.
The Myth of Evil: Demonizing the Enemy Phillip Cole Sınırlı önizleme - 2006. Yazar hakkında (2006). Phillip Cole is Professor of Applied Philosophy at the University of Wales, Newport. He is the author of The Myth of Evil (Edinburgh University Press 2006), Philosophies of Exclusion: Liberal Political Theory and Immigration (Edinburgh University Press, 2000) and The Free, the Unfree and the Excluded: A Treatise on the Conditions of Liberty (1998).
The Myth of Evil: Demonising the Enemy. Edinburgh: Praeger, 2006.
Все результаты Поиска книг Google Об авторе (2003). Neil Forsyth is Professor of English Literature at the University of Lausanne and the author of The Old Enemy: Satan and the Combat Myth (Princeton). Библиографические данные.
The Myth of Evil explores a contradiction at the heart of modern thought about what it is to be human: the belief that a human being cannot commit a radically evil act purely for its own sake and the evidence that radically evil acts are committed not by inhuman monsters, but by human beings. This contradiction can be seen most clearly when we consider the most extreme forms of evil: war crimes, serial murders, sex offences, murders committed by children. Taking the traditional position that evil is an active force creating monsters in human shape, this book shows that this idea is still at work―both in the popular imagination, cultivated in fiction and film (about vampires, monsters, and serial killers) and in real form (in the media, most recently in relation to migrants and terrorism.).
Cole delves deeply into two approaches to evil: the traditional approach where evil is regarded as a force that creates monsters in human form, and a more recent perspective that regards evil as the consequence of the actions of misguided or mentally deranged agents. Cole rejects both approaches and posits that evil is a myth humankind has created about itself. Drawing on philosophical ideas as well as on theological perspectives, psychological theories, and fictional representations, this book provides a thorough and thought-provoking account of the puzzling concept of evil and a reconsideration of the common understanding of human nature.