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This Thing of Darkness : Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness by Richard Paul Hamilton and Margaret Sönser Breen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Written across the disciplines of art history, literature, philosophy, sociology, and theology, the ten essays comprising the collection all insist on multidimensional definitions of evil. Taking its title from a moment in Shakespeare's Tempest when Prospero acknowledges his responsibility for Caliban, this collection explores the necessarily ambivalent relationship between humanity and evil. To what extent are a given society's definitions of evil self-serving? Which figures are marginalized in the process of identifying evil? How is humanity itself implicated in the production of evil? Is evil itself something fundamentally human? These questions, indicative of the kinds of issues raised in this collection, seem all the more pressing in light of recent world events. The ten essays were originally presented at the First Global Conference on Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness, held in March 2000, in Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries seeks to encourage and promote cutting edge inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary projects and inquiry. By bringing people together from differing contexts, disciplines, professions, and vocations,

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Author

Richard Paul Hamilton and Margaret Sönser Breen

Publisher

Rodopi, Editions

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9789042011380

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Technology, Philosophy