Anthropologists have expressed wariness about the concept of evil even in discussions of morality and ethics, in part because the concept carries its own cultural baggage and theological implications in Euro-American societies. Addressing the problem of evil as a distinctly human phenomenon and a category of ethnographic analysis, this volume shows the usefulness of engaging evil as a descriptor of empirical reality where concepts such as violence, criminality, and hatred fall short of capturing the darkest side of human existence.
Anthropologists have expressed wariness about the concept of evil even in discussions of morality and ethics, in part because the concept carries its own cultural baggage and theological implications in Euro-American societies. Addressing the problem of evil as a distinctly human phenomenon and a category of ethnographic analysis, this volume shows the usefulness of engaging evil as a descriptor of empirical reality where concepts such as violence, criminality, and hatred fall short of capturing the darkest side of human existence.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Thomas J. Csordas is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and James Y. Chan Presidential Chair in Global Health at the University of California, San Diego.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction William C. Olsen and Thomas Csordas PART I: EVIL AND ANTHROPOLOGY Chapter 1. From Theodicy to Homodicy: Evil as an Anthropological Problem Thomas Csordas Chapter 2. On the Concept of "Evil" in Anthropological Analyses and Political Violence Byron Good PART II: EVIL AND SUFFERING Chapter 3. Speak No Evil: Inversion and Evasion in Indonesia Andrew Beatty Chapter 4. Mother Evil in Hell Valley: A Creole Transvalorisation of Evil in Trinidad Roland Littlewood Chapter 5. Satan on the Old Kent Road: Articulations of Evil in a Pentecostal Diaspora Simon Coleman Chapter 6. The Transformation of Evil in Nepal David Gellner Chapter 7. Radical Evil and the Notion of Conscience: A Buddhist Meditation on Christian Soteriology Gananath Obeyesekere Chapter 8. Are Spirits Satanic? The Ambiguity of Evil in Niger Adeline Masqulier PART III: EVIL AND VIOLENCE Chapter 9. Engaging Evil and Excess in Palestine / Israel Julie Peteet Chapter 10. The Violence of Evil: A Biocultural Approach to Violence, Memory, and Pain Ventura Perez Chapter 11. The Intention of Evil: Asram in Asante William C. Olsen Chapter 12. Monsters, Sadists, and the Unspectacular Torture Experience Nerina Weiss Afterword David Parkin
Introduction William C. Olsen and Thomas Csordas PART I: EVIL AND ANTHROPOLOGY Chapter 1. From Theodicy to Homodicy: Evil as an Anthropological Problem Thomas Csordas Chapter 2. On the Concept of "Evil" in Anthropological Analyses and Political Violence Byron Good PART II: EVIL AND SUFFERING Chapter 3. Speak No Evil: Inversion and Evasion in Indonesia Andrew Beatty Chapter 4. Mother Evil in Hell Valley: A Creole Transvalorisation of Evil in Trinidad Roland Littlewood Chapter 5. Satan on the Old Kent Road: Articulations of Evil in a Pentecostal Diaspora Simon Coleman Chapter 6. The Transformation of Evil in Nepal David Gellner Chapter 7. Radical Evil and the Notion of Conscience: A Buddhist Meditation on Christian Soteriology Gananath Obeyesekere Chapter 8. Are Spirits Satanic? The Ambiguity of Evil in Niger Adeline Masqulier PART III: EVIL AND VIOLENCE Chapter 9. Engaging Evil and Excess in Palestine / Israel Julie Peteet Chapter 10. The Violence of Evil: A Biocultural Approach to Violence, Memory, and Pain Ventura Perez Chapter 11. The Intention of Evil: Asram in Asante William C. Olsen Chapter 12. Monsters, Sadists, and the Unspectacular Torture Experience Nerina Weiss Afterword David Parkin
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