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Simona Forti and
Zakiya Hanafi (trans)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Stanford Univ Pr
Publication date
November 12, 2014
Pages
388
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780804786249
ISBN-10
0804786240
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
1.50 lbs.
Original list price
$85.00
Other format details
university press
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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? 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 an omnipotent monster pitted against absolute, helpless victims. No longer capable of grasping the normalization of evil in today's worldâwhose structures of power have been transformedâthis paradigm has exhausted its explanatory force.
In its place, Forti offers a different genealogy of the relationship between evil and power, one that finally calls into question power's recurrent link to transgression. At the center of contemporary evil she posits the passive attitude towards rule-following, the need for normalcy, and the desire for obedience nurtured by our contemporary mass democracies. In our times, she contends, evil must be explored in tandem with our stubborn desire to stay alive at all costs as much as with our deep need for recognition: the new modern absolutes. A courageous book, New Demons extends an original, inspiring call to ethical living in a biopolitical age.
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 an omnipotent monster pitted against absolute, helpless victims. No longer capable of grasping the normalization of evil in today's worldâwhose structures of power have been transformedâthis paradigm has exhausted its explanatory force.
In its place, Forti offers a different genealogy of the relationship between evil and power, one that finally calls into question power's recurrent link to transgression. At the center of contemporary evil she posits the passive attitude towards rule-following, the need for normalcy, and the desire for obedience nurtured by our contemporary mass democracies. In our times, she contends, evil must be explored in tandem with our stubborn desire to stay alive at all costs as much as with our deep need for recognition: the new modern absolutes. A courageous book, New Demons extends an original, inspiring call to ethical living in a biopolitical age.
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Hardcover
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from Stanford Univ Pr (November 12, 2014); titled "New Demons: Rethinking Power and Evil Today"
9780804786249 | details & prices | 388 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $85.00
About: 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.
About: 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.
Paperback
Italian edition edition from Stanford Univ Pr (November 12, 2014)
9780804792950 | details & prices | 388 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $29.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
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