The Many Lives of The Evil Dead
The Many Lives of The Evil Dead

Author: Ron Riekki

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2019-03-04

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1476636044

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One of the top-grossing independent films of all time, The Evil Dead (1981) sparked a worldwide cult following, resulting in sequels, remakes, musicals, comic books, conventions, video games and a television series. Examining the legacy of one of the all-time great horror films, this collection of new essays covers the franchise from a range of perspectives. Topics include The Evil Dead as punk rock cinema, the Deadites' (demon-possessed undead) place in the American zombie tradition, the powers and limitations of Deadites, evil as affect, and the films' satire of neoliberal individualism.

Kant's Theory of Evil
Kant's Theory of Evil

Author: Pablo Muchnik

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780739140161

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An Essay on Kant's Theory of Evil shows the centrality of the doctrine of radical evil within Kant's critical philosophy. Combining textual accuracy with systematic ethical theory, it fills the gaps Kant left open in his own doctrine, and provides a non-mystifying account of h...

Calvinism and the Problem of Evil
Calvinism and the Problem of Evil

Author: David E. Alexander

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2016-07-13

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1532601026

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Contrary to what many philosophers believe, Calvinism neither makes the problem of evil worse nor is it obviously refuted by the presence of evil and suffering in our world. Or so most of the authors in this book claim. While Calvinism has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years amongst theologians and laypersons, many philosophers have yet to follow suit. The reason seems fairly clear: Calvinism, many think, cannot handle the problem of evil with the same kind of plausibility as other more popular views of the nature of God and the nature of God's relationship with His creation. This book seeks to challenge that untested assumption. With clarity and rigor, this collection of essays seeks to fill a significant hole in the literature on the problem of evil.

Powers of Horror
Powers of Horror

Author: Julia Kristeva

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2024-03-26

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 0231561415

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In Powers of Horror, Julia Kristeva offers an extensive and profound consideration of the nature of abjection. Drawing on Freud and Lacan, she analyzes the nature of attitudes toward repulsive subjects and examines the function of these topics in the writings of Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Marcel Proust, James Joyce, and other authors. Kristeva identifies the abject with the eruption of the real and the presence of death. She explores how art and religion each offer ways of purifying the abject, arguing that amid abjection, boundaries between subject and object break down.

Ethics
Ethics

Author: Alain Badiou

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2014-09-02

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1781680302

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Alain Badiou, one of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy, shows how our prevailing ethical principles serve ultimately to reinforce an ideology of the status quo and fail to provide a framework for an effective understanding of the concept of evil.