The Devil Next Door
Toward a Literary and Psychological Definition of Human Evil
Will be published approx. on 1. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
228 pages
978-90-420-3872-1 (ISBN)
Description
Rather than theoretical or abstract, above all else, this monograph endeavors to serve as a practical guide, a handbook for helping us navigate a dark terrain. It neither presumes to examine the sources of evil nor suggest radical cures. These pages strive only to continue the process of naming the signs of individual evil that we might recognize these persons before they inflict even more damage. Scott Peck says it best. "If evil were easy to recognize, identify, and manage, there would be no need for this book." Of course, he was referring to his own pioneering treatise; given the realities of our day, the need remains as great as ever.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Annotated edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-3872-1 (9789042038721)
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Person
Vera B. Profit is Professor of German and Comparative Literature, University of Notre Dame. Previous monographs include: Interpretations of Iwan Goll's late Poetry with a comprehensive and annotated Bibliography of the Writings by and about Iwan Goll, Ein Portraet meiner Selbst: Karl Krolow's Autobiographical Poems (1945-1958) and Their French Sources, and Menschlich: Gespraeche mit Karl Krolow. She earned her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (French and German) at the University of Rochester, NY, and spent two years studying abroad: one at the University of Vienna, the other at the Sorbonne.
Content
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Book One: Friedrich Duerrenmatt's Der Verdacht
Chapter One: Victimization
Chapters Two and Three: Failure to Respect the Autonomy of Others and Their Depersonalization
Chapter Four: Narcissism
Chapter Five: Abuse of Power
Chapter Six: Scapegoating
Chapter Seven: Lying
Chapter Eight: Refusal to Heed Criticism
Book Two: Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
Chapter One: Victimization
Chapters Two and Three: Failure to Respect the Autonomy of Others and Their Depersonalization
Chapter Four: Narcissism
Chapter Five: Abuse of Power
Chapter Six: Scapegoating
Chapter Seven: Lying
Chapter Eight: Refusal to Heed Criticism
Afterword
Epilogue: A Literary and Psychological Paradigm of Group Evil: Max Frisch's Andorra
Bibliography
Previous Publications
Foreword
Book One: Friedrich Duerrenmatt's Der Verdacht
Chapter One: Victimization
Chapters Two and Three: Failure to Respect the Autonomy of Others and Their Depersonalization
Chapter Four: Narcissism
Chapter Five: Abuse of Power
Chapter Six: Scapegoating
Chapter Seven: Lying
Chapter Eight: Refusal to Heed Criticism
Book Two: Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray
Chapter One: Victimization
Chapters Two and Three: Failure to Respect the Autonomy of Others and Their Depersonalization
Chapter Four: Narcissism
Chapter Five: Abuse of Power
Chapter Six: Scapegoating
Chapter Seven: Lying
Chapter Eight: Refusal to Heed Criticism
Afterword
Epilogue: A Literary and Psychological Paradigm of Group Evil: Max Frisch's Andorra
Bibliography
Previous Publications