The Resource Evil and human agency : understanding collective evildoing, Arne Johan Vetlesen, (electronic resource)
Evil and human agency : understanding collective evildoing, Arne Johan Vetlesen, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- Evil is a poorly understood phenomenon. In this provocative 2005 book, Professor Vetlesen argues that to do evil is to intentionally inflict pain on another human being, against his or her will, and causing serious and foreseeable harm. Vetlesen investigates why and in what sort of circumstances such a desire arises, and how it is channeled, or exploited, into collective evildoing. He argues that such evildoing, pitting whole groups against each other, springs from a combination of character, situation, and social structure. By combining a philosophical approach inspired by Hannah Arendt, a psychological approach inspired by C. Fred Alford and a sociological approach inspired by Zygmunt Bauman, and bringing these to bear on the Holocaust and ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, Vetlesen shows how closely perpetrators, victims, and bystanders interact, and how aspects of human agency are recognized, denied, and projected by different agents.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 313 pages)
- Contents
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- The ordinariness of modern evildoers : a critique of Zygmut Bauman's Modernity and the Holocaust
- Hannah Arendt on conscience and the "banality" of evil
- The psycho-logic of wanting to hurt others : an assessment of C. Fred Alford's work on evil
- The logic and practice of collective evil : "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia
- Responses to collective evil
- A political postscript : globalization and the discontents of the self
- Isbn
- 9780521856942
- Label
- Evil and human agency : understanding collective evildoing
- Title
- Evil and human agency
- Title remainder
- understanding collective evildoing
- Statement of responsibility
- Arne Johan Vetlesen
- Title variation
- Evil & Human Agency
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Evil is a poorly understood phenomenon. In this provocative 2005 book, Professor Vetlesen argues that to do evil is to intentionally inflict pain on another human being, against his or her will, and causing serious and foreseeable harm. Vetlesen investigates why and in what sort of circumstances such a desire arises, and how it is channeled, or exploited, into collective evildoing. He argues that such evildoing, pitting whole groups against each other, springs from a combination of character, situation, and social structure. By combining a philosophical approach inspired by Hannah Arendt, a psychological approach inspired by C. Fred Alford and a sociological approach inspired by Zygmunt Bauman, and bringing these to bear on the Holocaust and ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, Vetlesen shows how closely perpetrators, victims, and bystanders interact, and how aspects of human agency are recognized, denied, and projected by different agents.--
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- 1960-
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- Vetlesen, Arne Johan
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- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- Series statement
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- Cambridge cultural social studies
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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- Good and evil
- Collective behavior
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- Evil and human agency : understanding collective evildoing, Arne Johan Vetlesen, (electronic resource)
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- online resource
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- cr
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- Contents
- The ordinariness of modern evildoers : a critique of Zygmut Bauman's Modernity and the Holocaust -- Hannah Arendt on conscience and the "banality" of evil -- The psycho-logic of wanting to hurt others : an assessment of C. Fred Alford's work on evil -- The logic and practice of collective evil : "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia -- Responses to collective evil -- A political postscript : globalization and the discontents of the self
- Control code
- CR9780511610776
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 313 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780521856942
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- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)67765460
- Label
- Evil and human agency : understanding collective evildoing, Arne Johan Vetlesen, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The ordinariness of modern evildoers : a critique of Zygmut Bauman's Modernity and the Holocaust -- Hannah Arendt on conscience and the "banality" of evil -- The psycho-logic of wanting to hurt others : an assessment of C. Fred Alford's work on evil -- The logic and practice of collective evil : "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia -- Responses to collective evil -- A political postscript : globalization and the discontents of the self
- Control code
- CR9780511610776
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 313 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780521856942
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)67765460
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