Minding Evil Explorations of Human Iniquity |
|
| Volume Editor:
| Sönser Breen, Margaret |
| Series title: | At the Interface: Probing the Boundaries Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-420-1678-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Publisher: | Rodopi
|
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $104.95 |
Book Description:
|
Minding Evil: Explorations of Human Iniquitybrings together fifteen essays, versions of which were presented at the Fifth International Conference on Evil and Wickedness, held in Prague in 2004. The volume examines evil and wickedness from a variety of disciplines, including criminology, cultural studies, gender studies, law, literature, peace studies, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. In so doing
Minding Evilkeeps in play the doubled meaning of its title: on the one...
More Description Minding Evil: Explorations of Human Iniquitybrings together fifteen essays, versions of which were presented at the Fifth International Conference on Evil and Wickedness, held in Prague in 2004. The volume examines evil and wickedness from a variety of disciplines, including criminology, cultural studies, gender studies, law, literature, peace studies, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. In so doing Minding Evilkeeps in play the doubled meaning of its title: on the one hand, to tend to evil, that is, to oversee, cultivate, and deploy it; on the other hand, to be bothered by evil and so, in learning to identify or recognise it, to try to understand its workings and thus contain or control it and, perhaps, repair or undo it. While the essays taken together work to show the difficulty and at times the travesty of not being able to distinguish between the two meanings, it is this second meaning that remains key. What are the individual and collective responsibilities entailed in minding- being troubled by - evil? This is the central question of this volume.