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ISBN: 0-231-14030-4 , 978-0-231-14030-0 , 0-231-51166-3

Serie: New directions in ritical theory

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references and index

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Philosophie

Schlagwort(e): Das Gute ; Das Böse

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ISBN: 0231511663 , 9780231511667

Serie: New directions in critical theory

Inhalt: Conceptions of evil have changed dramatically over time, and though humans continue to commit acts of cruelty against one another, today we possess a clearer, more moral way of analyzing them. In Narrating Evil, María Pía Lara explores what has changed in our understanding of evil, why the transformation matters, and how we can learn from this specific historical development. Drawing on Immanuel Kant's and Hannah Arendt's ideas about reflective judgment, Lara argues that narrative plays a key role in helping societies acknowledge their pasts. Particular stories haunt our

Inhalt: Introduction -- The concepts and the tools -- Why do we need to create a moral image of the world? -- Storytelling : the disclosive dynamics of understanding and judging -- Reflective judgment and the moral imagination -- Hannah Arendt and negative exemplarity : the moral paradigm of history and its particularity -- Learning from catastrophes -- The judgments -- What remains? : language remains -- Hearts of darkness : political judgment -- Death and the maiden -- The place of the "angelus novus" : between catastrophes -- Epilogue

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and index , In English

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0231140304

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780231140300

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Lara, María Pía Narrating evil New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007

Sprache: Englisch

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ISBN: 9780231511667

Serie: New Directions in Critical Theory

Inhalt: Conceptions of evil have changed dramatically over time, and though humans continue to commit acts of cruelty against one another, today we possess a clearer, more moral way of analyzing them. In Narrating Evil, María Pía Lara explores what has changed in our understanding of evil, why the transformation matters, and how we can learn from this specific historical development.Drawing on Immanuel Kant's and Hannah Arendt's ideas about reflective judgment, Lara argues that narrative plays a key role in helping societies acknowledge their pasts. Particular stories haunt our consciousness and lead to a kind of examination and dialogue that shape notions of morality. A powerful description of a crime can act as a filter, helping us to draw conclusions about what constitutes a moral wrong, and public debates over these narratives allow us to construct a more accurate picture of historical truth, leading to a better understanding of why such actions are possible.In building her argument, Lara considers Greek tragedies, Shakespeare's depictions of evil, Joseph Conrad's literary metaphors, and movies that portray human cruelty. Turning to such philosophers and writers as Jürgen Habermas, Walter Benjamin, Primo Levi, Giorgio Agamben, and Ariel Dorfman, Lara defines a reflexive relationship between an event, the narrative of the event, and the public reception of the narrative, and she proves that the stories of perpetrators and sufferers are always intertwined.The process of disclosure, debate, and the public fashioning of collective judgment are vital methods through which we make sense not only of new forms of cruelty but of past crimes as well. Narrating Evil describes the steps of this process and why they are a crucial part of our attempt to build a different, more just world.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , Part I: The Concepts and the Tools -- , 1. Why Do We Need to Create a Moral Image of the World? -- , 2. Storytelling -- , 3. Reflective Judgment and the Moral Imagination -- , 4. Hannah Arendt and Negative Exemplarity -- , 5. Learning from Catastrophes -- , Part II: The Judgments -- , 6. What Remains? Language Remains -- , 7. Hearts of Darkness: Political Judgment -- , 8. Death and the Maiden -- , 9. The Place of the “Angelus Novus” -- , Epilogue -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.7312/lara14030

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/lara14030

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/lara14030

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Umfang: 1 online resource (245 pages).

ISBN: 9780231511667 (e-book)

Serie: New Directions in Critical Theory

Weitere Ausg.: Print version: Lara, María Pía. Narrating evil : a postmetaphysical theory of reflective judgment. New York ; Chichester, England : Columbia University Press, c2007 ISBN 9780231140300

Sprache: Englisch

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