The Myth of Evil : Demonizing the Enemy.
Title:
The Myth of Evil : Demonizing the Enemy.
Author:
Cole, Phillip.
ISBN:
9780748626854
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Terrorism, Torture and the Problems of Evil -- 2. Diabolical Evil - Searching for Satan -- 3. Philosophies of Evil -- 4. Communities of Fear -- 5. The Enemy Within -- 6. Bad Seeds -- 7. The Character of Evil -- 8. Facing the Holocaust -- 9. Twenty-First-Century Mythologies -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This book explores a contradiction: the belief that human beings cannot commit acts of pure evil, that they cannot inflict harm for its own sake, and the evidence that pure 'evil' truly is a human capacity.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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