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The Complexity of Evil

Author : Timothy Williams
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978814313
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book The Complexity of Evil written by Timothy Williams and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do people participate in genocide? The Complexity of Evil responds to this fundamental question by drawing on political science, sociology, criminology, anthropology, social psychology, and history to develop a model which can explain perpetration across various different cases. Focusing in particular on the Holocaust, the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia, The Complexity of Evil model draws on, systematically sorts, and causally orders a wealth of scholarly literature and supplements it with original field research data from interviews with former members of the Khmer Rouge. The model is systematic and abstract, as well as empirically grounded, providing a tool for understanding the micro-foundations of various cases of genocide. Ultimately this model highlights that the motivations for perpetrating genocide are both complex in their diversity and banal in their ordinariness and mundanity. Download the open access ebook here.

Understanding Evil

Author : Lionel Corbett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135119965X
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Evil written by Lionel Corbett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evil is a ubiquitous, persistent problem that causes enormous human suffering. Although human beings have struggled with evil since the dawn of our species, we seem to be no nearer to ending it. In this book, Lionel Corbett describes the complexity of the problem of evil, as well as many of our current approaches to understanding it, in ways that are helpful to the practicing psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, or Jungian analyst. Psychotherapists often work with people who have been the victim of evil, and, occasionally, the therapist is faced with a perpetrator of evil. To be helpful in these situations, the practitioner must understand the problem from several points of view, since evil is so complex that no single approach is adequate. Understanding Evil: A psychotherapist’s guide describes a range of approaches to evil based on Jungian theory, psychoanalysis, social sciences, philosophy, neurobiology, mythology, and religious studies. The book clarifies the difference between actions that are merely wrong from those that are truly evil, discusses the problem of detecting evil, and describes the effects on the clinician of witnessing evil. The book also discusses what is known about the psychology of terrorism, and the question of whether a spiritual approach to evil is necessary, or whether evil can be approached from a purely secular point of view. In Understanding Evil, a combination of psychoanalytic and Jungian theory allows the practitioner a deep understanding of the problem of evil. The book will appeal to analytical psychologists and psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, and academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian studies. It will also be of great interest to researchers approaching the question of evil from a variety of other fields, including philosophy and religious studies.

Millennial Mythmaking

Author : John Perlich
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786455926
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Millennial Mythmaking written by John Perlich and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary myths, particularly science fiction and fantasy texts, can provide commentary on who we are as a culture, what we have created, and where we are going. These nine essays from a variety of disciplines expand upon the writings of Joseph Campbell and the hero's journey. Modern examples of myths from various sources such as Planet of the Apes, Wicked, Pan's Labyrinth, and Spirited Away; the Harry Potter series; and Second Life are analyzed as creative mythology and a representation of contemporary culture and emerging technology.

Being Evil

Author : Luke Russell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198862075
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Being Evil written by Luke Russell and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the media bringing us constant tales of terrorism and violence, questions regarding the nature of evil are highly topical. Luke Russell explores the philosophical thinking and psychological evidence behind evil, alongside portrayals of fictional villains, considering why people are evil, and how it goes beyond the normal realms of what is bad.

Evil in Africa

Author : William C. Olsen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253017505
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Evil in Africa written by William C. Olsen and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-30 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William C. Olsen, Walter E. A. van Beek, and the contributors to this volume seek to understand how Africans have confronted evil around them. Grouped around notions of evil as a cognitive or experiential problem, evil as malevolent process, and evil as an inversion of justice, these essays investigate what can be accepted and what must be condemned in order to evaluate being and morality in African cultural and social contexts. These studies of evil entanglements take local and national histories and identities into account, including state politics and civil war, religious practices, Islam, gender, and modernity.

Complexity

Author : M. Mitchell Waldrop
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 150405914X
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Complexity written by M. Mitchell Waldrop and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you liked Chaos, you’ll love Complexity. Waldrop creates the most exciting intellectual adventure story of the year” (The Washington Post). In a rarified world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics and pony-tailed graduates, mathematicians, and computer scientists from all over the world. They have formed an iconoclastic think-tank and their radical idea is to create a new science: complexity. They want to know how a primordial soup of simple molecules managed to turn itself into the first living cell—and what the origin of life some four billion years ago can tell us about the process of technological innovation today. This book is their story—the story of how they have tried to forge what they like to call the science of the twenty-first century. “Lucidly shows physicists, biologists, computer scientists and economists swapping metaphors and reveling in the sense that epochal discoveries are just around the corner . . . [Waldrop] has a special talent for relaying the exhilaration of moments of intellectual insight.” —The New York Times Book Review “Where I enjoyed the book was when it dove into the actual question of complexity, talking about complex systems in economics, biology, genetics, computer modeling, and so on. Snippets of rare beauty here and there almost took your breath away.” —Medium “[Waldrop] provides a good grounding of what may indeed be the first flowering of a new science.” —Publishers Weekly

Loving Reflections on the Complexity of God

Author : William Dunn
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105108554
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Loving Reflections on the Complexity of God written by William Dunn and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does God allow disasters? Why does evil exist? What is it like to encounter God's judgment? What is the nature of time. What is our part in God's creation? Do we have free will? Love is God's foundation, God's very essence. We were created by God as an object for His love. The creation of the universe was an act of love intended to create more love. We are created to love God and God's creation, most especially one another. Love always leads to God. God, Who is all love, values only the love in His creation. Such is God's love for us that He seeks us unrelentingly, obsessively. He calls and guides and nudges and turns by force of circumstances all those who do not yet love Him. He spares no effort. He never gives up! The One Who loves us all, wants us to love those He loves. A powerful forgiveness is available to us all. God wants as many of us as possible to arrive in heaven with a heart filled with love for God and one another and all of our sins forgiven.

The Science of Evil

Author : Simon Baron-Cohen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0465031420
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Science of Evil written by Simon Baron-Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking and challenging examination of the social, cognitive, neurological, and biological roots of psychopathy, cruelty, and evil Borderline personality disorder, autism, narcissism, psychosis: All of these syndromes have one thing in common--lack of empathy. In some cases, this absence can be dangerous, but in others it can simply mean a different way of seeing the world.In The Science of Evil Simon Baron-Cohen, an award-winning British researcher who has investigated psychology and autism for decades, develops a new brain-based theory of human cruelty. A true psychologist, however, he examines social and environmental factors that can erode empathy, including neglect and abuse. Based largely on Baron-Cohen's own research, The Science of Evil will change the way we understand and treat human cruelty.

Thomas Harris and William Blake

Author : Michelle Leigh Gompf
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786471018
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Harris and William Blake written by Michelle Leigh Gompf and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the allusions to Blake throughout Harris's four Hannibal Lecter novels and provides a Blakean reading of the works as a whole, particularly in regard to the character of Lecter and the nature of evil in the world--and to what extent humanity should accept evil. The novels and their film versions reveal that Harris uses Blake to suggest that good and evil are intertwined and coexist, and that it is foolish to try to see them simply as opposing binaries. Refusing to recognize their intertwined relationship leads to imbalance and a negative outcome, as revealed in the fate of Graham in Red Dragon.

Engaging Evil

Author : William C. Olsen
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1789202140
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Engaging Evil written by William C. Olsen and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropologists have expressed wariness about the concept of evil even in discussions of morality and ethics, in part because the concept carries its own cultural baggage and theological implications in Euro-American societies. Addressing the problem of evil as a distinctly human phenomenon and a category of ethnographic analysis, this volume shows the usefulness of engaging evil as a descriptor of empirical reality where concepts such as violence, criminality, and hatred fall short of capturing the darkest side of human existence.

Patterns of Moral Complexity

Author : Charles E. Larmore
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521338912
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Patterns of Moral Complexity written by Charles E. Larmore and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-01-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses three forms of moral complexity that have often been neglected by moral and political philosophers. Virtue is dependent upon judgment; liberalism does not necessarily inform private life; and, morality must needs be heterogenous.

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil

Author : Thomas Nys
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317394402
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil written by Thomas Nys and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why ought we concern ourselves with understanding a concept of evil? It is an elusive and politically charged concept which critics argue has no explanatory power and is a relic of a superstitious and primitive religious past. Yet its widespread use persists today: we find it invoked by politicians, judges, journalists, and many others to express the view that certain actions, persons, institutions, or ideologies are not just morally problematic but require a special signifier to mark them out from the ordinary and commonplace. Therefore, the question of what a concept of evil could mean and how it fits into our moral vocabulary remains an important and pressing concern. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil provides an outstanding overview and exploration of these issues and more, bringing together an international team of scholars working on the concept of evil. Its 27 chapters cover the crucial discussions and arguments, both historical and contemporary, that are needed to properly understand the historical development and complexity of the concept of evil. The Handbook is divided into three parts: Historical explorations of evil Recent secular explorations of evil Evil and other issues. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evil is essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of ethics and philosophy of psychology. It also provides important insights and background for anyone exploring the concept of evil in related subjects such as literature, politics, and religion.

The Originality and Complexity of Albert Camus’s Writings

Author : E. Vanborre
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137309474
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book The Originality and Complexity of Albert Camus’s Writings written by E. Vanborre and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years after Camus's untimely death, his work still has a tremendous impact on literature. From a twenty-first century vantage point, he offers us coexisting ideas and principles by which we can read and understand the other and ourselves. Yet Camus seems to guide us without directing us strictly; his fictions do not offer clear-cut solutions or doctrines to follow. This complexity is what demands that the oeuvre be read, and reread. The wide-ranging articles in this volume shed light, concentrate on the original aspects of Camus' writings, and explore how and why they are still relevant for us today.

A Morally Complex World

Author : James T. Bretzke
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814684416
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book A Morally Complex World written by James T. Bretzke and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2022-04-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can people celebrate the gospel of life in their daily lives? What about cloning? Is euthanasia morally acceptable in certain cases, such as terminal illness? In case of health reasons, mental illness, pregnancy due to rape, etc., is abortion morally acceptable? Are you in favor of the use of contraceptives, both natural and artificial? A Morally Complex World will not answer such complex questions in detail, but it does provide a framework for trying to grapple better with the first question of how we should lead our moral lives in general, as well as some of the concrete ethical issues the other three questions raise. A Morally Complex World is an accessible introduction to moral theology covering the methodology of moral theology; basic concepts such as conscience and moral agency; natural law, moral norms; how the Bible can be used in Christian ethics; how to dialogue on contested ethical issues; how to consider sin and moral failure; and finally, how to mediate moral principles and moral teaching in a pastorally sensitive manner in concrete life situations. Chapters are Mapping a Moral Methodology, The Natural Law and Moral Norms: Moving Along the Rational Claim Axis, Scripture and Ethics: Moving Along the Sacred Claim Axis, The Sanctuary of Conscience: Where the Axes Intersect, Modes of Moral Discourse: Navigating Towards a Common Ground, Navigating in the Morally Complex World: Casuistry with a Human Face, and Sin and Failure in a Morally Complex World. James T. Bretzke, SJ, STD, is associate professor of theology and religious studies at the University of San Francisco, and an adjunct professor of moral theology at the Jesuit School of Theology-at-Berkeley. He has written three books, including Consecrated Phrases: A Latin Theological Dictionary, published by Liturgical Press, which won an award from the Catholic Press Association. He has also authored over fifty articles and scholarly reviews in the areas of Roman Catholic moral theology and cross-cultural ethics. "

Evil for Evil

Author : K. J. Parker
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316077488
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Evil for Evil written by K. J. Parker and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2009-06-16 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civitas Vadanis is in trouble. The Mezentines have declared war; and the Mezentines are very focused on their goals when it comes to killing. Duke Valens, of Civitas Vadanis, has a dilemma. He knows that his city cannot withstand the invading army; yet its walls are his only defence against the Mezentines. Perhaps the only way to save his people is to flee, but that will not be easy either. Ziani Vaatzes, an engineer exiled by the Mezentines for his abominable creations, has already proven that he can defend a city. But Ziani Vaatzes has his own concerns, and the fate of Civitas Vadanis may not be one of them. "Intelligent and compassionate. . .it should be celebrated." -- Interzone on Devices and Desires "One of the most entertaining fantasy debuts in recent years. . .incredibly vivid, refreshing, fun, thoughtful, absorbing." -- SFX

Evil

Author : Luke Russell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191021202
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Evil written by Luke Russell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When asked to describe wartime atrocities, acts of terrorism, and serial killers, many of us reach for the word 'evil'. But what does it mean to say that an action or a person is evil? Some philosophers have claimed that there is no such thing as evil, and that thinking in terms of evil is simplistic and dangerous. In response to this sceptical challenge, Luke Russell shows that concept of evil has a legitimate place within contemporary secular moral thought. In this book he addresses questions concerning the nature of evil action, such as whether evil actions must be incomprehensible, whether evil actions can be banal, and whether there is a psychological hallmark that distinguishes evils from other wrongs. Russell also explores issues regarding the nature of evil persons, including whether every evil person is an evildoer, whether every evil person is irredeemable, and whether a person could be evil merely in virtue of having evil feelings. The concept of evil is extreme, and is easily misused. Nonetheless, Russell suggests that it has an important role to play when it comes to evaluating and explaining the worst kind of wrongdoing.

Naming Evil, Judging Evil

Author : Ruth W. Grant
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226306747
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Naming Evil, Judging Evil written by Ruth W. Grant and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it more dangerous to call something evil or not to? This fundamental question deeply divides those who fear that the term oversimplifies grave problems and those who worry that, to effectively address such issues as terrorism and genocide, we must first acknowledge them as evil. Recognizing that the way we approach this dilemma can significantly affect both the harm we suffer and the suffering we inflict, a distinguished group of contributors engages in the debate with this series of timely and original essays. Drawing on Western conceptions of evil from the Middle Ages to the present, these pieces demonstrate that, while it may not be possible to definitively settle moral questions, we are still able—and in fact are obligated—to make moral arguments and judgments. Using a wide variety of approaches, the authors raise tough questions: Why is so much evil perpetrated in the name of good? Could evil ever be eradicated? How can liberal democratic politics help us strike a balance between the need to pass judgment and the need to remain tolerant? Their insightful answers exemplify how the sometimes rarefied worlds of political theory, philosophy, theology, and history can illuminate pressing contemporary concerns.