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.
Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE: 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 -- In Conclusion -- CHAPTER TWO: 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 -- CHAPTER THREE: ENDS OF AN ILLUSION -- Eternal Choices: Nietzsche on Redemption -- On Consolation: Freud vs. Providence -- CHAPTER FOUR: 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.
Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE: 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 -- In Conclusion -- CHAPTER TWO: 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 -- CHAPTER THREE: ENDS OF AN ILLUSION -- Eternal Choices: Nietzsche on Redemption -- On Consolation: Freud vs. Providence -- CHAPTER FOUR: 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