Burdman The Shadow of Totalitarianism

Action, Judgment, and Evil in Politics
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4384-9001-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory

Examines the relationship of evil, action, and judgment in the work of Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt, and Jean-François Lyotard.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burdman, Javier

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Totalitarianism and the Problem of Evil in Politics

Part I: Action

1. Arendt's Reassessment of Responsibility

2. Kant on the Deceptiveness of Evil

Part II: Judgment

3. Kant on the Sublime and the Judgment of Action

4. Lyotard on Good and Evil in Postmodernity

Conclusion: Extreme Evil as a Response to Political Uncertainty

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Javier Burdman is Research Fellow in the School for Interdisciplinary Social Studies at the National University of San Martin in Argentina.