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Basic Books
September 2004
On Sale: September 7, 2004
288 pages ISBN: 0465047556 EAN: 9780465047550 Paperback
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Non-Fiction Philosphy
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, evil
remains as potent and radical a force in the world as it has
ever been. We all know evil when we encounter it-in the
villains of history like Hitler and Stalin, in the routine
brutality that makes the nightly news, in the hateful
violence of terrorists and sociopaths-but the phenomenon of
evil has long resisted explanation. In this singular survey
of this mysterious but all too often palpable force, veteran
Time magazine essayist Lance Morrow offers a
sustained look at the unmistakable ways evil manifests
itself in history and in the human heart. This is a
provocative meditation on the role evil plays in shaping
human history, a timely analysis of how this primitive force
can be understood in a modern society of high-tech,
sensationalized brutality, and a daring exploration of why
evil may be necessary in the world.
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