Evil : A Challenge to Philosophy and Theology

Ricoeur, Paul; Bowden, John (TRN); Ward, Graham (INT)

ISBN 10: 0826494765 / ISBN 13: 9780826494764

Published by Continuum, 2007

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Synopsis:

Where does evil come from? How is it that we do evil? This book falls into three parts. The first part deals with the magnitude and complexity of the problem of evil from a phenomenological perspective. The second part investigates the levels of speculation on the origin and nature of evil. The third discusses thinking, acting and feeling in connection with evil. The discussion runs in the classic intellectual tradition from Augustine, through Hegel, Leibnitz, Kant, and Nietzsche. But the voice is always that of Paul Ricoeur himself, though he also refers to modern writers like Harold Kushner (When Bad Things Happen to Good People) and John K. Roth (Encountering Evil). Ricoeur considers here man's vulnerability to evil with depth and matchless sensitivity.

About the Author:

Paul Ricoeur was a leading French thinker best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic interpretation. His first major work was Philosophy of Will published in the UK in 1980.  Other translated works include The Symbolization of Evil and The Conflict of Interpretations.  Born in 1913 he was a professor at Nanterre and Strasbourg.  In 2004, he was awarded the second John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Human Sciences (shared with Jaroslav Pelikan).  Ricoeur died in 2005.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Evil : A Challenge to Philosophy and Theology
Publisher: Continuum
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good
Edition: 2nd Edition