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As long as we care about suffering in the world, says political philosopher Simona Forti, we are compelled to inquire into the question of evil. But is the concept of evil still useful in a postmodern landscape where absolute values have been leveled and relativized by a historicist perspective? Giv...
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Zusammenfassung: | As long as we care about suffering in the world, says political philosopher Simona Forti, we are compelled to inquire into the question of evil. But is the concept of evil still useful in a postmodern landscape where absolute values have been leveled and relativized by a historicist perspective? Given our current unwillingness to judge others, what signposts remain to guide our ethical behavior?Surveying the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Western philosophical debates on evil, Forti concludes that it is time to leave behind what she calls ""the Dostoevsky paradigm"": the dualistic vision of |
Beschreibung: | "First published as I nuovi demoni in March 2012 by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore, Milan, Italy." |
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spelling | Forti, Simona, author. Nuovi demoni. English New demons : rethinking power and evil today / Simona Forti ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cultural memory in the present "First published as I nuovi demoni in March 2012 by Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore, Milan, Italy." Includes bibliographical references and index. The Dostoevsky paradigm -- Instincts, drives, and their vicissitudes : Nietzsche and Freud -- Ontological evil and the transcendence of evil -- Interlude : hypermoral biopolitics -- Thanatopolitics and absolute victims -- The legend of the grand inquisitor reinterpreted from below -- A different genealogy : the evil of docility -- Strategies of obedience and the ethos of freedom -- Parrhesia put to the test : practices of dissidence between eastern and western Europe -- Poor devils who "worship" life : us. Print version record. As long as we care about suffering in the world, says political philosopher Simona Forti, we are compelled to inquire into the question of evil. But is the concept of evil still useful in a postmodern landscape where absolute values have been leveled and relativized by a historicist perspective? Given our current unwillingness to judge others, what signposts remain to guide our ethical behavior?Surveying the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Western philosophical debates on evil, Forti concludes that it is time to leave behind what she calls ""the Dostoevsky paradigm"": the dualistic vision of Translated from the Italian. Good and evil. Power (Philosophy) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105975 Ethics, Modern 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045116 Ethics, Modern 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045117 Political science Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004669 Pouvoir (Morale) Morale 19e siècle. Morale 20e siècle. PHILOSOPHY Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Social. bisacsh Ethics, Modern fast Good and evil fast Political science Philosophy fast Power (Philosophy) fast Ethik gnd Macht gnd Das Böse gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4007524-2 1800-1999 fast has work: New demons (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGD9kYmjHcfKty9MfgV4pX https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Forti, Simona. Nuovi demoni. English. New demons 9780804786249 (DLC) 2014025922 (OCoLC)883510770 Cultural memory in the present. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98020352 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=858422 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Forti, Simona New demons : rethinking power and evil today / Cultural memory in the present. The Dostoevsky paradigm -- Instincts, drives, and their vicissitudes : Nietzsche and Freud -- Ontological evil and the transcendence of evil -- Interlude : hypermoral biopolitics -- Thanatopolitics and absolute victims -- The legend of the grand inquisitor reinterpreted from below -- A different genealogy : the evil of docility -- Strategies of obedience and the ethos of freedom -- Parrhesia put to the test : practices of dissidence between eastern and western Europe -- Poor devils who "worship" life : us. Good and evil. Power (Philosophy) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105975 Ethics, Modern 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045116 Ethics, Modern 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045117 Political science Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004669 Pouvoir (Morale) Morale 19e siècle. Morale 20e siècle. PHILOSOPHY Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Social. bisacsh Ethics, Modern fast Good and evil fast Political science Philosophy fast Power (Philosophy) fast Ethik gnd Macht gnd Das Böse gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4007524-2 |
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title | New demons : rethinking power and evil today / |
title_alt | Nuovi demoni. |
title_auth | New demons : rethinking power and evil today / |
title_exact_search | New demons : rethinking power and evil today / |
title_full | New demons : rethinking power and evil today / Simona Forti ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi. |
title_fullStr | New demons : rethinking power and evil today / Simona Forti ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi. |
title_full_unstemmed | New demons : rethinking power and evil today / Simona Forti ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi. |
title_short | New demons : |
title_sort | new demons rethinking power and evil today |
title_sub | rethinking power and evil today / |
topic | Good and evil. Power (Philosophy) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105975 Ethics, Modern 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045116 Ethics, Modern 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045117 Political science Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004669 Pouvoir (Morale) Morale 19e siècle. Morale 20e siècle. PHILOSOPHY Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Social. bisacsh Ethics, Modern fast Good and evil fast Political science Philosophy fast Power (Philosophy) fast Ethik gnd Macht gnd Das Böse gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4007524-2 |
topic_facet | Good and evil. Power (Philosophy) Ethics, Modern 19th century. Ethics, Modern 20th century. Political science Philosophy. Pouvoir (Morale) Morale 19e siècle. Morale 20e siècle. PHILOSOPHY Ethics & Moral Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY Social. Ethics, Modern Good and evil Political science Philosophy Ethik Macht Das Böse |
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