Analysis Of Susan Neiman's Novel 'Evil In Modern Thought'
Throughout the course history, the term “evil” was utilized to describe everything: all manner of ills, natural impulse, and wrongdoings. However, today it is mainly employed to accentuate a criminal act; trading on the word’s aura of religious finality. The definition of “evil” has definitely become progressively unsettled even as it has narrowed, yet the term has justified itself to be an unshakeable one in our moral lexicon.
In Susan Neiman’s novel, “Evil in Modern Thought” she traces philosophy's struggle with evil in the past. The novel is constructed specifically around two events the Neiman deems as the”central poles” of the modern era; both of which threw philosophers’ comprehension of evil into perplexity: Lisbon and Auschwitz.
In Susan Neiman’s novel, “Evil in Modern Thought” she traces philosophy's struggle with evil in the past. The novel is constructed specifically around two events the Neiman deems as the”central poles” of the modern era; both of which threw philosophers’ comprehension of evil into perplexity: Lisbon and Auschwitz.