On malevolence. Review article
Review of Peter Dews, "The Idea of Evil". A post-secular exploration of humankind's moral orientation, Dews traces a thread from Kant and Hegel to Nietzsche and Adorno, drawing initially on Jean Nabert's formulations of the 1950s, insisting that evil is not to be confused with wr...
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| Published in: | New Left review 2009-11 (60), p.147-156 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | Review of Peter Dews, "The Idea of Evil". A post-secular exploration of humankind's moral orientation, Dews traces a thread from Kant and Hegel to Nietzsche and Adorno, drawing initially on Jean Nabert's formulations of the 1950s, insisting that evil is not to be confused with wrongdoing but is the conscious enactment of something absolutely unjustifiable, something that "absolutely should not be". (Quotes from original text) |
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| ISSN: | 0028-6060 2044-0480 |