04589nam a22006135i 4500 978-3-031-75841-6 DE-He213 20251030114945.0 cr nn 008mamaa 250222s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031758416 978-3-031-75841-6 10.1007/978-3-031-75841-6 doi PN45-57 HPN bicssc DSA bicssc PHI001000 bisacsh QDTN thema DSA thema Read, Daniel. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 90891 Degrees of Evil in Iris Murdoch's Fiction and Philosophy [electronic resource] / by Daniel Read. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XVIII, 252 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Iris Murdoch Today, 2731-3328 Chapter One: Introduction: Evil and the Writings of Iris Murdoch -- Chapter Two: Iris Murdoch and the Problem of Evil -- Chapter Three: Iris Murdoch and the Problem of Dualism -- Chapter Five: Responding to Evil: Banality, Testimony and Terrorism -- Chapter Five: Murdoch’s Villains: Enchanters, Psychopaths and Saints -- Chapter Six: Female Figures of Evil: Gender and Power in Murdoch’s Fiction -- Chapter Seven: Conclusion. “Iris Murdoch is vital for her time and ours. Her writings resonate powerfully with the deepest areas of our lives. Nowhere is this more evident than in her depiction of evil. She did not shy away from dealing with the horrors of the twentieth century. This book engages with Murdoch on evil, recognising the range of her reading and influences and the power of her writing. I recommend this book for those familiar with Murdoch and for all those aware of the force of evil in our lives.” —Gary Browning, Emeritus Professor of Political Thought at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK “Daniel Read throws unprecedented light on Murdoch’s fears for the impact of evil on the world. His work is not only a significant contribution to contemporary Murdoch scholarship, it is also a challenge to humanity to recognise and respond to evil when they meet it, face to face.” —Anne Rowe, Visiting Professor at the University of Chichester and Emeritus Research Fellow at Kingston University, London, UK This is the first survey of Murdoch’s exploration of evil, addressing aesthetic, philosophical, political and theological perspectives. The study demonstrates how her work engages with currently urgent issues of trauma, terrorism and psychopathy and brings her works into dialogue with key figures in twentieth- and twenty-first-century discussions of evil, including Hannah Arendt, Carl Gustav Jung, Susan Neiman and Simone Weil. These resonances are traced through close readings of Murdoch’s published fiction and philosophy in combination with unpublished texts, including annotations, interviews and letters. Murdoch’s detailed and nuanced portrayal of evil invites readers to explore the complexities of human behaviour and the potential for moral failure. Daniel Read is a Visiting (Hourly Paid) Lecturer at Kingston University, London, where he completed his PhD in 2019. He is also an editor of and contributor to the Iris Murdoch Review. Degrees of Evil in Iris Murdoch’s Fiction and Philosophy is his first monograph. Literature Philosophy. 66322 Aesthetics. 64000 Literature, Modern 20th century. Sex. 66477 Political science. 58714 Philosophy of Literature. 72993 Aesthetics. 64000 Twentieth-Century Literature. Gender Studies. 66478 Political Science. 58714 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031758409 Printed edition: 9783031758423 Printed edition: 9783031758430 Iris Murdoch Today, 2731-3328 90892 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75841-6 ZDB-2-REP ZDB-2-SXPR 66753 66753