{"product_id":"the-idea-of-evil-9781118346303","title":"The Idea of Evil","description":"This timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eSurveys the intellectual debate on the nature of evil over the past two hundred years\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages with a broad range of discourses and thinkers, from Kant and the German Idealists, via Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, to Levinas and Adorno\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSuggests that the concept of moral evil touches on a neuralgic point in western culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that, despite the widespread abuse and political manipulation of the term 'evil', we cannot do without it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcludes that if we use the concept of evil, we must acknowledge its religious dimension\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePETER DEWS\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex. He has published widely on 19th and 20th century European thought, with a focus on German Idealism, the Frankfurt School, and recent French philosophy. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLogics of Disintegration\u003c\/i\u003e (1987, reissued 2006), and \u003ci\u003eThe Limits of Disenchantment\u003c\/i\u003e (1995). He has also edited and introduced two books on the work of \u003ci\u003eJürgen Habermas: Autonomy and Solidarity: Interviews with Jürgen Habermas\u003c\/i\u003e (1986) and \u003ci\u003eHabermas: A Critical Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1999).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50414752956690,"sku":"9781118346303","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a82f731d-c081-4958-9207-ce8b99adc3a1.jpg?v=1729382070","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-idea-of-evil-9781118346303","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}