04382nam a22005655i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001200172072001600184072001600200072002300216072001600239072001500255100008200270245010300352250001800455264007900473300003600552336002600588337002600614338003600640347002400676490003500700505043500735520205101170650003503221650002303256650003803279650001603317650003003333650003703363650002303400650003403423650002703457650003003484710003403514773002603548776003603574776003603610776003603646830004203682856004603724912001403770912001503784999001703799978-3-031-75841-6DE-He21320251030114945.0cr nn 008mamaa250222s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830317584169978-3-031-75841-67 a10.1007/978-3-031-75841-62doi 4aPN45-57 7aHPN2bicssc 7aDSA2bicssc 7aPHI0010002bisacsh 7aQDTN2thema 7aDSA2thema1 aRead, Daniel.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut99089110aDegrees of Evil in Iris Murdoch's Fiction and Philosophyh[electronic resource] /cby Daniel Read.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXVIII, 252 p.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aIris Murdoch Today,x2731-33280 aChapter 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.  a“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. 0aLiteraturexPhilosophy.966322 0aAesthetics.964000 0aLiterature, Modernx20th century. 0aSex.966477 0aPolitical science.95871414aPhilosophy of Literature.97299324aAesthetics.96400024aTwentieth-Century Literature.24aGender Studies.96647824aPolitical Science.9587142 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303175840908iPrinted edition:z978303175842308iPrinted edition:z9783031758430 0aIris Murdoch Today,x2731-332899089240uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75841-6  aZDB-2-REP  aZDB-2-SXPR  c66753d66753