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Evil: A challenge to philosophy and theology
Paul Ricouer
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Where does evil come from? How is it that we do evil? This book falls into three parts. The fi rst part deals with the magnitude and complexity of the problem of evil from a phenomenological perspective. The second part investigates the levels of speculation on the origin and nature of evil. The third discusses thinking, acting and feeling in connection with evil. The discussion runs in the classic intellectual tradition from Augustine, through Hegel, Leibnitz, Kant, and Nietzsche. But the voice is always that of Paul Ricoeur himself, though he also refers to modern writers like Harold Kushner (When Bad Things Happen to Good People) and John K. Roth (Encountering Evil). Ricoeur considers here man's vulnerability to evil with depth and matchless sensitivity.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780826494764
SKU
V9780826494764
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About Paul Ricouer
Paul Ricoeur, was a leading French thinker in the philosophy of language. His translated works include The Symbolization of Evil (1969) and The Conflict of Interpretations (Athlone, 1989). Born in 1913 he was professor at Nanterre and Strasbourg. His first major work (3 Vols) was Philosophy of Will published in the UK in 1980.
Reviews for Evil: A challenge to philosophy and theology
Offers rich philosophical resources for theological reflection.
Brian Gregor
Heythrop Journal
One of the most important achievements of Catani’s work is to demonstrate that literature, as a discourse of knowledge that can intersect with science, theology, politics, and history, deserves to play a decisive role in deepening and complexifying the terms of public debate.
Ian James, University of Cambridge, UK
French Studies
Mention in Church Times, January 2009 Evil: A History in Modern French Literature and Thought offers a rich study of French thought on evil in its development over almost two centuries. Catani succeeds in the ambitious task of placing in dialogue with one another upwards of forty key thinkers in order to establish a series of significant shifts in understanding evil that will greatly benefit scholars of intellectual history.
Scott M. Powers, University of Mary Washington
H-France Review
With engaging prose, Damian Catani pays close attention to linguistic choices— his own and those of the authors he studies, as they attempt to find and forge a language capable of representing evil. Other strengths include Catani’s mastery of a broad corpus of literary and theoretical works, as well as Evil’s compelling overarching narrative, which propels the reader forward and regularly underscores connections among chapters and disparate authors and periods. This valuable contribution to the field will appeal to scholars of intellectual history and modern French literature, in addition to readers interested in the public debate surrounding recent (counter)terrorist actions and rhetoric.
Erin Tremblay Ponnou- Delaffon, Illinois State University
French Forum
Brian Gregor
Heythrop Journal
One of the most important achievements of Catani’s work is to demonstrate that literature, as a discourse of knowledge that can intersect with science, theology, politics, and history, deserves to play a decisive role in deepening and complexifying the terms of public debate.
Ian James, University of Cambridge, UK
French Studies
Mention in Church Times, January 2009 Evil: A History in Modern French Literature and Thought offers a rich study of French thought on evil in its development over almost two centuries. Catani succeeds in the ambitious task of placing in dialogue with one another upwards of forty key thinkers in order to establish a series of significant shifts in understanding evil that will greatly benefit scholars of intellectual history.
Scott M. Powers, University of Mary Washington
H-France Review
With engaging prose, Damian Catani pays close attention to linguistic choices— his own and those of the authors he studies, as they attempt to find and forge a language capable of representing evil. Other strengths include Catani’s mastery of a broad corpus of literary and theoretical works, as well as Evil’s compelling overarching narrative, which propels the reader forward and regularly underscores connections among chapters and disparate authors and periods. This valuable contribution to the field will appeal to scholars of intellectual history and modern French literature, in addition to readers interested in the public debate surrounding recent (counter)terrorist actions and rhetoric.
Erin Tremblay Ponnou- Delaffon, Illinois State University
French Forum