On Evil读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | 168页 | 2020 | Routledge |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD 25.95 | 2020-02-20 … | 2020-07-10 … | 42 |
Evil has long fascinated psychologists, philosophers, novelists and playwrights but remains an incredibly difficult concept to talk about.
On Evil is a compelling and at times disturbing tour of the many faces of evil. What is evil, and what makes people do awful things? If we can explain evil, do we explain it away? Can we imagine the mind of a serial killer, or does such evil defy description? Does evil depend on a contrast with good, as religion tells us, or can there be evil for evil's sake?
Adam Morton argues that any account of evil must help us understand three things: why evil occurs; why evil often arises out of banal or everyday situations; and how we can be seen as evil. Drawing on fascinating examples as diverse as Augustine, Buffy the Vampire Slayer , psychological studies of deviant behaviour and profiles of serial killers, Adam Morton argues that evil occurs when internal, mental barriers against it simply break down. He also introduces us to some nightmare people, such as Adolf Eichmann and Hannibal Lecter, reminding us that understanding their actions as humans brings us closer to understanding evil.
Exciting and thought-provoking, On Evil is essential reading for anyone interested in a topic that attracts and repels us in equal measure.
作者简介关于作者
亚当·莫顿（Adam Morton），加拿大阿尔伯塔大学哲学教授，曾在英国布里斯托大学担任哲学教授多年，著有《实践中的哲学》（1995）和《被理解的重要性》（劳特里奇出版社，2002）。
关于译者
文静，1988年出生，湖北武汉人。武汉大学外国语言文学学院硕士研究生。主要从事翻译工作。
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