{"product_id":"evil-in-the-western-philosophical-tradition-paperback","title":"Evil in the Western Philosophical Tradition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGavin Rae\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharting a sweeping history of evil within the Western philosophical tradition, Gavin Rae shows that the problem of evil - as a conceptual problem - came to the fore with the rise of monotheism. Rae traces the problem of evil from early and Medieval Christian philosophy to modern philosophy, German Idealism, post-structuralism and contemporary analytic philosophy and secularisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The idea of evil is at the centre of a lively philosophical debate, and this book is an important and distinctive contribution, providing a philosophical history of the concept in the western tradition. Ranging from the Christian tradition to the secular, and from philosophical approaches to the psychoanalytical, it provides an in-depth study of the key thinkers who have contributed to the historical roots of this debate.' Phillip Cole, University of the West of England, Bristol Analyses the history of Western conceptions of evil, showing it to be remarkably complex, differentiated and contested Evil has played an important, if subterranean, role in Western philosophical thought. Gavin Rae charts a history of evil revealing the meaning and nature of evil to be remarkably complex, differentiated and contested. Coverage ranges from early and Medieval Christian philosophy to modern philosophy, German Idealism, post-structuralism and contemporary analytic philosophy, before Rae ties the analysis to the question of secularisation. In so doing, he demonstrates the breadth and depth of thinking on evil by looking at thinkers not normally included in this analysis - Jacques Lacan and Cornelius Castoriadis. Evil in the Western Philosophical Tradition will be of interest to anyone working in ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of religion and the history of philosophy. Gavin Rae is Conex Marie Sklodowska-Curie Experienced Research Fellow at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. Cover image: The triumph of Christ and Satan bound for thousand years. Illumination, Dutch, 1450 (c) akg-images Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-4532-0 Barcode\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGavin Rae is Associate Professor in the Department of Logic and Theoretical Philosophy at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. His research interests lie in nineteenth and twentieth century European philosophy, where he works at the intersection of socio-political philosophy, ontology, and ethics. Besides over fifty published articles and book chapters, he is the author of six monographs, the most recent of which are \u003ci\u003ePoststructuralist Agency\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2020); \u003ci\u003eCritiquing Sovereign Violence\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2019); \u003ci\u003eEvil in the Western Philosophical Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2019); and the co-editor of six edited collections, the most recent of which are \u003ci\u003eTransformation in Contemporary French Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, edited with Emma Ingala and Cillian Ó Fathaigh (Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy across Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, with Cillian Ó Fathaigh (Routledge, forthcoming), and \u003ci\u003eSubjective Agency and Poststructuralism\u003c\/i\u003e, with Cillian Ó Fathaigh (Routledge, forthcoming). He is currently the Principal Investigator for a major four-year project funded by the Spanish Government titled \"The Politics of Reason.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409493790957,"sku":"9781474445337","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/evil-in-the-western-philosophical-tradition-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}