Evil

An Investigation

By: Lance Morrow

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Paperback | 1 September 2004 | Edition Number 1

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Long couched only in theological terms, and popularly personified by the despots of history, the nature of evil has resisted explanation. In this singular survey of this mysterious but all too often palpable force, veteran Time magazine writer Lance Morrow examines the unmistakable ways evil influences our global culture-and how that global culture in turn has magnified evil's menace. Its dramatic reemergence in the national consciousness-against a backdrop of high-tech, sensationalized violence-makes his updated understanding both timely and absolutely necessary. Drawing on examples both obscure and splashed across the headlines, Morrow seeks to understand how evil works, and what purpose, if any, it serves. From the heartrending to the harrowing, from quiet lies to catastrophic acts, his stories are drawn from over thirty years of experience as a revered journalist and essayist. The result is a brilliant synthesis of a lifetime of observation that elegantly illuminates a chronically elusive but fascinating subject.

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Non-Fiction Philosophy Ethics & Moral Philosophy Psychology Abnormal Psychology History General & World History

Introduction	p. 1
The Globalization of Evil	p. 15
Humor's Cousin	p. 21
A Current Through the World	p. 26
Why Do They Do It?	p. 34
The Hermit's Tale	p. 39
A Catastrophic Education	p. 45
The Axis of Wrong	p. 49
Sarajevo: Lex Talionis	p. 57
The Rifleman's Dilemma	p. 74
Jean Valjean at Wendy's	p. 89
Visigoths in the Brain	p. 95
The Axe in Space	p. 101
What Have Children to Do with It?	p. 113
The Triumph of Goneril and Regan	p. 125
Tu Quoque	p. 134
The Rattlesnake in the Mailbox	p. 144
Permissible Evil	p. 149
Taking Responsibility for the Regime	p. 157
Office Malignities	p. 163
The Consolations of Literature	p. 167
Us and Them	p. 175
The Face's Secrets	p. 179
Club Med for Monsters	p. 186
Sade, Cobain, and the Pleasures of Evil	p. 199
Gourmets and Monkey Brains	p. 208
The Limits of Silence	p. 218
The Argument from Design	p. 227
It Is Always a Story	p. 231
The Lessons of Mein Kampf	p. 236
What Nachtwey Sees	p. 241
The Quest for Purity	p. 245
The Foxes Lose Heart	p. 251
Czerniakow's Choice	p. 255
Hope	p. 259
Index	p. 267
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