Overview
States that evil is endemic and a non-trivial element in society
Discusses topics that are less covered, such as evil in the area of law, sports and on the internet
Integrates perspectives from social science, cultural studies and psychology
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Front Matter
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About this book
This interesting volume focuses on a set of phenomena which increasingly alarm the political world and public opinion: from the more obvious ones like torture, disease, human trafficking, abuse, genocide, displacement, to more subtle forms found in sports, technology and law. It looks at how and why these phenomena are universally condemned, and could be considered to threaten the very foundations of modern democracy; yet continue to be tolerated. The volume therefore goes beyond what Hannah Arendt has called the "banality of evil" and discusses the presence of condemned and heinous practices in society as fluid and chaotic but as non-trivial; capable of great transmutations through various epochs. Practices and actions considered as "evil" manifest in situations where individuals or groups hold power or seize power, and the contributions in this volume explore the close relation between power and evil. The volume draws upon sociology, psychology, cultural studies, political science, as well as philosophy, theology, anthropology, and neurology of the individual and of the group to provide a comprehensive understanding of the multiple facets of evil in the contemporary world.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Giorgio Pacifici is a sociologist and an essayist of European formation. His principal interest as a sociologist is the metamorphosis of European society in our era. He has been presided over non-profit institutions in cultural and technological fields. Currently, he is president of ARCO - Institute for Comparative and Interdisciplinary Research in Italy. He has been editor of more than 40 volumes and he published more than 100 book essays and journal articles. He has been a university professor and has done research in different countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evil in the Modern World
Book Subtitle: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Editors: Laura Dryjanska, Giorgio Pacifici
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91888-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91887-3Published: 11 March 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-91890-3Published: 12 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-91888-0Published: 10 March 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 206
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Personality and Social Psychology, Ethics, Crime and Society