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Evil and International Relations : Human Suffering in an Age of Terror /

This book seeks to determine what is meant by 'evil' when used to describe actors and events in international politics. Focusing on the history of evil in western secular and religious thought, it reintroduces a classical understanding of evil as the means to which we seek to understand ot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeffery, Renée (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:
Political Science and International Relations.
International Relations.
Political History.
Political Science.
International relations.
Political science.
World politics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book seeks to determine what is meant by 'evil' when used to describe actors and events in international politics. Focusing on the history of evil in western secular and religious thought, it reintroduces a classical understanding of evil as the means to which we seek to understand otherwise meaningless human suffering.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages)
ISBN:9780230610354
DOI:10.1057/9780230610354