Evil and the demonic: a new theory of monstrous behavior
In this powerfully original work, Paul Oppenheimer analyzes the phenomenon of evil in light of a startling new theory. He proposes that evil can be understood empirically, as a type of physical and mental behavior that emerges in particular landscapes. Evil, Oppenheimer argues, contains specific, pr...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In this powerfully original work, Paul Oppenheimer analyzes the phenomenon of evil in light of a startling new theory. He proposes that evil can be understood empirically, as a type of physical and mental behavior that emerges in particular landscapes. Evil, Oppenheimer argues, contains specific, predictable ingredients and is, as such, a demonstrable fact. By understanding its nature - its diabolical self-consciousness and its impersonal selection of victims - we can diagnose its specific manifestations in mass murder, genocide, and serial killings. Crisscrossing a variety of cinematic and literary genres in developing its evidence, the book considers such familiar films as The Silence of the Lambs and Brazil and draws upon such literary works as Richard III, Oedipus the King and The Picture of Dorian Gray. Written in a style intended for both general reader and specialist, Evil and the Demonic provides a framework in which we can place the horrors of human existence. |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 237 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0814761933 |
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| adam_text | EVIL AND THE DEMONIC
A New Theory of Monstrous
Behaviour
Paul Oppenheimer
Duckworth
Contents
Acknowledgements viii
Preface ix
Illustrations xi
I The World of Evil: A Theory
(The value of an empirical theory; the theory itself: defining evil;
evil and criminality; the environment of evil acts; consistent
elements in evil acts; the role of the demonic figure; demonic pacts;
demonic gods) 1
II Demons Within, Demons Without
(The pact for the soul, or private demonic pacts The language of
the private pact; silence and language in demonic worlds;
surrealism and evil) 12
m Superhuman Power
(The pact for the mind, or political and social demonic pacts The
f
terrors and uses of Utopia; the types of charisma; the charismatic
leader; the language of political evil; evil and Natural Law;
apocalyptic violence; nightmares,1 the collective unconscious and
evil) 56
IV Love-Hate: The Demons of the Body
(The pact for the body, or demonic pacts between lovers
Vampirism and love; sensual evil and linguistic collapse; the
Tower of Babel legends and empirical evil; evil and Utopian love) 122
V Conclusion: Apocalypse and Memory
(The return of the widespread secular use of the word evil ; the
theory of evil as a predictive/tool; alternatives to evil; the universe
as either memory and harmony or anarchy and chaos) 171
Notes 179
Bibliography • 207
Filmography 217
Index 229
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