This timely book by philosopher Peter Dews explores the idea of evil, one of the most problematic terms in the contemporary moral vocabulary.Surveys the intellectual debate on the nature of evil over the past two hundred yearsEngages with a broad range of discourses and thinkers, from Kant and the German Idealists, via Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, to Levinas and AdornoSuggests that the concept of moral evil touches on a neuralgic point in western culture

Recent decades have seen a remarkable upsurge of interest in German Idealism in the English-speaking world. However, out of the three leading thinkers of the period directly after Kant--Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel--Schelling has received relatively little attention. In particular, the distinctive philosophical project of Schelling's late period, beginning in the 1820s, has been almost completely ignored. This omission has impaired the overall understanding of German Idealism. For it is du...

Over the last two decades, contemporary French philosophy has exercised a powerful influence on intellectual life, across both Europe and America. Post-structuralist strategies and concepts have played an important role in many forms of social, cultural and aesthetic analysis, particularly on the Left. Despite the widespread reception, however, there has still been comparatively little analysis of the basic philosophical assumptions of post-structuralism, or of the compatibility of many of...

For a long time, the term 'ideology' was in disrepute, having become associated with such unfashionable notions as fundamental truth and the eternal verities. The tide has turned, and recent years have seen a revival of interest in the questions that ideology poses to social and cultural theory, and to political practice.Mapping Ideology is a comprehensive reader covering the most important contemporary writing on the subject. Including Slavoj Zizek's study of the developme...

This volume sets out to describe the political and philosophical underpinnings of the idea of human rights by bringing together a collection of original essays by a group of highly distinguished theorists. Recognizing that Western insistence on the universality of the concept of human rights can also function as a diplomatic cover for post-colonial interventions, it insists that the campaign for human rights must take into account the varied social and economic environments in different na...

La Confédération est au bord de l'effondrement. Les possédés déferlent sur la galaxie, et la Terre succombe sous leurs assauts, tandis que Quinn Dexter compte y prendre le contrôle des arches l'une après l'autre, résolu à exercer une vengeance personnelle et surtout à semer le chaos et faire advenir l'aube de la Nuit. Louise Kavanagh, lancée à sa poursuite, croise sur sa route d'étranges et puissants alliés. En ces temps incertains, les unions les plus improbables ont cours, mais les compa...

La guerre contre les possédés fait rage. Sur la planète Ombey, la bataille pour libérer Mortonridge atteint une violence telle que l'humanité n'en a pas connu depuis des siècles. Sur Terre, le sinistre Quinn Dexter s'apprête à instaurer le règne des possédés et son culte apocalyptique. C'est sous l'un des dômes de Londres, dans la cathédrale Saint-Paul, qu'il a décidé de commettre un terrifiant sacrilège pour déclencher l'aube de la Nuit. Seule Louise Kavanagh lui barre encore le chemin.

Lorsque l’une des résidentes de la maison de retraite Villa Romarin est retrouvée morte dans son fauteuil, un samedi soir de décembre, personne n’est réellement surpris. Du moins jusqu’aux étonnantes révélations des résultats de l’autopsie. Une overdose d’héroïne dans une maison de retraite, vraiment ? L’inspecteur DC Smith et son équipe vont rapidement s’en rendre compte : la Villa Romarin cache bien des secrets et l’un des résidents prend manifestement un malin plaisir à provoquer la pol...

It is 1921, and Alma Webster, a reader of romances, is passionately in love with her dentist, Walter Baranov. There is only one foreseeable outcome: the murder of his wife.Inspired by the real-life Dr Crippen case, they plot a way to achieve it perfectly aboard the ocean liner, Mauretania. With a fine sense of irony, Baranov takes the identity of Inspector Dew, Crippen's nemesis. But when a murder is reported aboard the ship and 'Inspector Dew' is invited to investigate, t...

“Absolutely riveting . . . A masterpiece. I defy anyone to foresee the outcome.”—Ruth RendellThe year is 1921. A passionate affair between voracious romance reader Alma Webster and her dentist, Walter Baranov, has led to his wife’s murder. The lovers take flight aboard the Mauretania and the dentist takes the name of Inspector Dew, the detective who arrested the notorious wifekiller Dr. Crippen. But, in a disquieting twist, a murder occurs aboard ship and ...

Que veut dire mystère de Dieu? Ce livre éclaire d’abord cette expression biblique et ce concept en tant que dogme du christianisme. Ensuite, à l’idée d’obscurité que semble revêtir le mot mystère, le livre fait voir son vrai sens : la vie. Le mystère de Dieu signifie donc la vie de Dieu qui s’est révélée dans le Christ en faveur de l’humanité. Pour cette révélation, Dieu a scellé une alliance avec son peuple, avec l’humanité : Dieu-avec-nous. C’est dans cette relation personnelle ...

Novel Ideas provides a substantial introduction to the elements of fiction followed by in-depth interviews with successful novelists who speak with candor and insight into the complex process by which a novel is made. This edition includes new and updated interviews as well as writing exercises to enhance its use in the writing classroom.Dorothy Allison recalls "deliciously self-indulgent" days of writing in her bathrobe, wrapped in misery and exultation; Peter Cameron exp...