The shadow of totalitarianism : action, judgment, and evil in politics / Javier Burdman
Introduction : totalitarianism and the problem of evil in politics -- Arendt's reassessment of responsibility -- Kant on the deceptiveness of evil -- Kant on the sublime and the judgment of action -- Lyotard on good and evil in postmodernity -- Conclusion: Extreme evil as a response to politica...
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| Hauptverfasser: | Burdman, Javier (VerfasserIn) |
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: | Albany : State University of New York Press, [2022] |
| Schriftenreihe: | SUNY series, intersections philosophy and critical theory
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| Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : totalitarianism and the problem of evil in politics -- Arendt's reassessment of responsibility -- Kant on the deceptiveness of evil -- Kant on the sublime and the judgment of action -- Lyotard on good and evil in postmodernity -- Conclusion: Extreme evil as a response to political uncertainty. "Examines the relationship of evil, action, and judgment in the work of Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt, and Jean-François Lyotard"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIII, 207 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781438489995 |
