The Myth of Evil: Demonizing the Enemy

by Phillip Cole

The Myth of Evil explores a contradiction at the heart of modern thought about what it is to be human: the belief that a human being cannot commit a radically evil act purely for its own sake and the evidence that radically evil acts are committed not by inhuman monsters, but by human beings. This contradiction can be seen most clearly when we consider the most extreme forms of evil: war crimes, serial murders, sex offences, murders committed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275992160
• ISBN13: 9780275992163
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"