The history of evil in the early twentieth century : 1900–1950 CE / by Victoria S. Harrison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, Victoria S., author.

Series:

History of evil.

History of evil ; Volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Good and evil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2018.

Summary:

The fifth volume of The History of Evil covers the twentieth century from 1900 through 1950. The period saw the maturation of intellectual movements such as Pragmatism and Phenomenology, and the full emergence of several new academic disciplines; all these provided novel intellectual tools that were used to shed light on a human capacity for evil that was becoming increasingly hard to ignore. An underlying theme ofthis volume is the effort to reconstruct an understanding of human nature after confidence in its intrinsic goodness and moral character had been shaken by world events. The chapters in this volume cover globally relevant topics such as education, propaganda, power, oppression, and genocide, and include perspectives on evil drawn from across the world. Theological and atheistic responses to evil are alsoexamined in the volume.This outstanding treatment of approaches to evil at a determinative period of modernity will appeal to those with interests in the intellectual history of the era, as well as to those with interests in the political, philosophical and theological movements that matured within it.

Contents:

chapter Introduction / VICTORIA S. HARRISON

chapter 1 Pragmatism and evil: Charles Peirce and William James / DAVID L. O’HARA

chapter 2 Education and approaches to evil / NEL NODDINGS

chapter 3 Phenomenology / ERIC CHELSTROM

chapter 4 Psychology and evil: from Freud to Skinner / RACHEL B. BLASS

chapter 5 Science and evil / CHRISTOPHER SOUTHGATE

chapter 6 Theological currents / RUSSELL RE MANNING

chapter 7 Death of God / BALÁZS M. MEZEI

chapter 8 Suffering and liberation / XUE YU

chapter 9 Philosophical perspectives on suffering and evil in colonial India / NALINI BHUSHAN

chapter 10 Pacifism and non-violent resistance / TIMOTHY PAUL ERDEL

chapter 11 Power and freedom / JEFFERY A. SMITH

chapter 12 Genocide / RAIMOND GAITA

chapter 13 Anarchism and evil / JAN NARVESON

chapter 14 Marxism, Stalin, and the question of evil / BILL MARTIN

chapter 15 The Maoist perspective on evil / XIUFEN LU

chapter 16 The charisma of evil: Hitler and propaganda / RHETT GAYLE

chapter 17 Representations of evil in early film / MARA NASELLI.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-351-13834-0

1-351-13836-7

1-351-13835-9

9781351138369

OCLC:

1033689603