On Evil

Terry Eagleton

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English

Yale University
06 April 2010

Philosophy; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Ethics & moral philosophy; Ethical issues & debates

An impassioned argument for the existence of evil from one of the most respected and influential critics of our day

In this witty, accessible study, the prominent Marxist thinker Terry Eagleton launches a surprising defense of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological, and psychoanalytic sources to suggest that evil, no mere medieval artifact, is a real phenomenon with palpable force in our contemporary world.

In a book that ranges from St. Augustine to alcoholism, Thomas Aquinas to Thomas Mann, Shakespeare to the Holocaust, Eagleton investigates the frightful plight of those doomed souls who apparently destroy for no reason. In the process, he poses a set of intriguing questions. Is evil really a kind of nothingness? Why should it appear so glamorous and seductive? Why does goodness seem so boring? Is it really possible for human beings to delight in destruction for no reason at all?

By: Terry Eagleton
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780300151060
ISBN 10: 0300151063
Publication Date: 06 April 2010
Audience: Adult education , Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for On Evil

"“Terry Eagleton’s Reason, Faith, and Revolution attacks the new atheism as a kind of secular counter-fundamentalism… Better than any previous book of its kind.”—James Wood, The New Yorker -- James Wood * New Yorker * ""An absorbing, stimulating, awfully entertaining discussion.”--Ray Olson, Booklist -- Ray Olson * Booklist * “Jaunty and surprisingly entertaining. . .[Eagleton's] argument is subtle, intricate, provocative and limpidly expressed. . . . A valuable contribution to a debate as old as Adam and Eve and as contemporary as 9/11 and Abu Ghraib.” — John Banville, Irish Times -- John Banville * Irish Times * ""On Evil belongs to the genre of religious psychology, where Eagleton brilliantly relates the ultimate concerns of the theologian with the penultimate concerns of the psychoanalyst. Without the former, the result would be a study of human discontent; without the latter, a retreat into papier-mâché piety. Here, Aquinas meets Freud--enriching our reflections on the nature and manifestations of evil.""--Christopher Benson, Christianity Today -- Christopher Benson * Christianity Today *"