Minding evil : : explorations of human iniquity /

Minding evil : : explorations of human iniquity / / edited by Margaret Sonser Breen.

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Minding Evil: Explorations of Human Iniquity brings together fifteen essays, versions of which were presented at the Fifth International Conference on Evil and Wickedness, held in Prague in 2004. The volume examines evil and wickedness from a variety of disciplines, including criminology, cultural s...

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Superior document:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; 23
TeilnehmendeR:
Breen, Margaret Sonser.
Year of Publication:2005
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:At the interface/probing the boundaries ; 23.
Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
Notes:Versions of these essays "were presented at the Fifth International Conference on Evil and Wickedness, held in Prague in 2004"--Pref.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part I: Groups, Activism, and the Tools of Ethnic Cleansing
  • Frank FAULKNER and Graeme R. GOLDSWORTHY: No Place Like Home: The Role of Landmines in Ethnic Cleansing in the Twentieth Century
  • Mark BURGESS, Neil FERGUSON, and Ian HOLLYWOOD: A Social Psychology of Defiance: From Discontent to Action
  • Haijing DAI: Dichotomous Thinking and Culture of Destruction: Revisiting Youth Activism in China during the May Fourth Period
  • Part II: Laws, Prisons, and Damaged People
  • Samuel H. PILLSBURY: Speaking the Language of Evil
  • Diana MEDLICOTT: The Unbearable Brutality of Being: Casual Cruelty in Prison and What This Tells Us About Who We Really Are
  • Wayne CRISTAUDO: Damage: A Logic of Evil
  • Part III: Evil and the Arts
  • Ted TURNAU: Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick: Reflections on the Necessary Evils of 24
  • Vera B. PROFIT: The Devil's Footprints: The Case of Dr. Emmenberger in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Der Verdacht
  • Elizabeth MCCARTHY: The Evil of Creation: The Destructive Aesthetic in the Figure of the Romantic Artist
  • Part IV: Evil, Despair, and Distorted Realities
  • Margaret SÖNSER BREEN: The Evils of [Same] Sex: The U.S. Gay Marriage Debate
  • Annette PANKRATZ: Inside Out and Outside In: Constructions of Evil in Contemporary British Drama
  • Karen D. HOFFMAN: Evil and Despairing Individuals: A Kierkegaardian Account
  • Part V: Individuals, Groups, and Evil Actions
  • Gideon CALDER: Relationality and Evil: Judging Bystanders
  • Stephen RILEY: Harm and Transgression in International Criminal Justice
  • William Andrew MYERS: Individual and Collective Responsibility for Wrongs of the Past
  • Notes on Contributors.

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