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08-05-2013
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Engels
Uitgever
Polity Press
Auteur(s)
Richard J. Bernstein
The Abuse of Evil
The Corruption of Politics and Religion since 9/11
Reeks: Themes for the 21st Century
Richard J. Bernstein
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Since
9/11
politicians,
preachers,
conservatives
and
the
media
are
all
speaking
about
evil.
In
the
past
the
dicourse
about
evil
in
our
religious,
philosophic
and
literary
traditions
has
provoked
thinking,
questioning
and
inquiry.
But
today
the
appeal
to
evil
is
being
used
as
a
political
tool
to
obscure
compex
issues,
block
serious
thinking
and
stifle
public
discussion
and
debate.We
are
now
confronting
a
clash
of
mentalities,
not
a
clash
of
civilisations.
One
mentality
is
drawn
to
absolutes,
moral
certainties,
and
simplistic
dichotomies
of
good
and
evil.
The
other
seriously
questions
an
appeal
to
absolutes
in
politics
and
criticizes
the
simplistic
division
of
the
world
into
the
forces
of
evil
and
the
forces
of
good.In
The
Abuse
of
Evil
Bernstein
challenges
the
claim
that
without
an
appeal
to
absolutes,
we
lack
the
grounds
for
acting
decisively
in
fighting
our
enemies.
The
post
9/11
abuse
of
evil
corrupts
both
democratic
politics
and
religion.
The
stakes
are
high
in
this
clash
of
mentalities
in
shaping
how
we
think
and
act
in
the
world
today
-
and
in
the future.
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