Devil's contract : the history of the Faustian bargain /
From ancient times to the modern world, the idea of the Faustian bargain, the exchange of one's soul in return for untold riches and power, has exerted a magnetic pull upon our collective imaginations. Scholar Ed Simon takes us on a historical tour of the Faustian bargain, from the Bible to blu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Brooklyn, New York :
Melville House Publishing,
[2024].
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| Summary: | From ancient times to the modern world, the idea of the Faustian bargain, the exchange of one's soul in return for untold riches and power, has exerted a magnetic pull upon our collective imaginations. Scholar Ed Simon takes us on a historical tour of the Faustian bargain, from the Bible to blues, and illustrates how the impulse to sacrifice our principles in exchange for power is present in all kinds of social ills, from colonialism to nuclear warfare, from social media to climate change to AI, and beyond. In doing so, Simon conveys just how much the Faustian bargain shows us about power and evil and ourselves. |
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| Physical Description: | xxv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781685891046 1685891047 |