The History of Evil in the Early Twentieth Century 1900–1950 CE

The fifth volume of The History of Evil covers the twentieth century from 1900 through 1950. The period saw the maturation of intellectual movements such as Pragmatism and Phenomenology, and the full emergence of several new academic disciplines; all these provided novel intellectual tools that were used to shed light on a human capacity for evil that was becoming increasingly hard to ignore. An underlying theme ofthis volume is the effort to reconstruct an understanding of human nature after confidence in its intrinsic goodness and moral character had been shaken by world events. The chapters in this volume cover globally relevant topics such as education, propaganda, power, oppression, and genocide, and include perspectives on evil drawn from across the world. Theological and atheistic responses to evil are alsoexamined in the volume. This outstanding treatment of approaches to evil at a determinative period of modernity will appeal to those with interests in the intellectual history of the era, as well as to those with interests in the political, philosophical and theological movements that matured within it.

Contents Editors and contributors Series Introduction Introduction Victoria S. Harrison 1. Pragmatism and Evil: Charles Peirce and William James David L. O’Hara 2. Education and Approaches to Evil Nel Noddings 3. Phenomenology Eric Chelstrom 4. Psychology and Evil: from Freud to Skinner Rachel B. Blass 5. Science and Evil Christopher Southgate 6. Theological Currents Russell Re Manning 7. Death of God Balázs M. Mezei 8. Suffering and Liberation Xue Yu 9. Philosophical Perspectives on Suffering and Evil in Colonial India Nalini Bhushan 10. Pacifism and Non-Violent Resistance Timothy Paul Erdel 11. Power and Freedom Jeffery A. Smith 12. Genocide Raimond Gaita 13. Anarchism and Evil Jan Narveson 14. Marxism, Stalin, and the Question of Evil Bill Martin 15. The Maoist Perspective on Evil Xiufen Lu 16. The Charisma of Evil: Hitler and Propaganda Rhett Gayle 17. Representations of Evil in Early Film Mara Naselli Index

Victoria S. Harrison is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Macau, China. Chad Meister is Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Bethel College, USA. Charles Taliaferro is Professor of Philosophy at St Olaf College, USA.