Critical Muslim 47: Evil - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1805260480 ISBN 13: 9781805260486

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

Hannah Arendt spoke of the banality of evil--the normalisation of the unutterable, simply because that was how things were in any given place and time. Is evil really so disappointing? We expect evil to be dramatic, unfathomable and remarkable; the workings of a twisted genius, a fallen angel, Iblis. But what if the mediocre perpetuate it, the followers, the weak, the masses? What defines evil? What is the devil's greatest trick in our contemporary world? Some even claim evil no longer exists--if it ever did. The greying morality of postmodernism begs the question of whether one can even be good.

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About the Author

Ziauddin Sardar is an award-winning, internationally renowned writer, futurist and cultural critic. A former New Statesman columnist and Equality and Human Rights Commissioner, he has authored many books, including Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim; Reading the Qur'an; A Person of Pakistani Origins, and Mecca: The Sacred City. He is editor of the influential quarterly, Critical Muslim.

Edition details

• Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1805260480
• ISBN 13: 9781805260486
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Sardar Ziauddin