Evil in modern thought : an alternative history of philosophy /
Neiman, Susan.
Evil in modern thought : an alternative history of philosophy / Susan Neiman. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2002. - xii, 358 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-343) and index.
CH. 1: FIRE FROM HEAVEN : God's Advocates: Leibniz and Pope -- Newton of the Mind: Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Divided Wisdom: Immanuel Kant -- Real and Rational: Hegel and Marx. CH. 2: CONDEMNING THE ARCHITECT : Raw Material: Bayle's Dictionary -- Voltaire's Destinies -- The Impotence of Reason: David Hume -- End of the Tunnel: The Marquis de Sade -- Schopenhauer: The World as Tribunal. CH. 3: ENDS OF AN ILLUSION : Eternal Choices: Nietzsche on Redemption -- On Consolation: Freud vs. Providence. CH. 4: HOMELESS : Earthquakes: Why Lisbon? -- Mass Murders: Why Auschwitz? -- Losses: Ending Modern Theodicies -- Intentions: Meaning and Malice -- Terror: After September 11 -- Remains: Camus, Arendt, Critical Theory, Rawls -- Origins: Sufficient Reason.
0691096082 (cloth : alk. paper)
2002070374
Good and evil--History.
Philosophy, Modern.
BJ1401 / .N45 2002
170
Evil in modern thought : an alternative history of philosophy / Susan Neiman. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2002. - xii, 358 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-343) and index.
CH. 1: FIRE FROM HEAVEN : God's Advocates: Leibniz and Pope -- Newton of the Mind: Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- Divided Wisdom: Immanuel Kant -- Real and Rational: Hegel and Marx. CH. 2: CONDEMNING THE ARCHITECT : Raw Material: Bayle's Dictionary -- Voltaire's Destinies -- The Impotence of Reason: David Hume -- End of the Tunnel: The Marquis de Sade -- Schopenhauer: The World as Tribunal. CH. 3: ENDS OF AN ILLUSION : Eternal Choices: Nietzsche on Redemption -- On Consolation: Freud vs. Providence. CH. 4: HOMELESS : Earthquakes: Why Lisbon? -- Mass Murders: Why Auschwitz? -- Losses: Ending Modern Theodicies -- Intentions: Meaning and Malice -- Terror: After September 11 -- Remains: Camus, Arendt, Critical Theory, Rawls -- Origins: Sufficient Reason.
0691096082 (cloth : alk. paper)
2002070374
Good and evil--History.
Philosophy, Modern.
BJ1401 / .N45 2002
170