Malice (Phronesis Series)

Despite our tendencies to separate the mind and body, good and evil, Flahault argues that both stem from the same source within us. This knot, inherent to the human condition, is the tension between our desire for absolute self-affirmation and the fact that each of us can only exist through mediation by others. The dependence on others weighs heavy on our shoulders, hampering our very existence. Malice, then, is not merely a result of our biological constitution, but is also a response to our feelings. These can often resemble those of Milton’s and Shelley’s monsters, stories the author calls upon to understand features of the nature of evil that reason alone cannot grasp. From the Preface: ‘By combining several disciplines—philosophy, anthropology and literary criticism, as well as psychoanalysis—Flahault scrutinizes the origin of malevolence and reveals that, contrary to the view presented by moral philosophy, it is within us that the roots of wickedness are to be found ... Taking issue with the widely accepted view that monotheism constitutes moral progress, he argues that by instigating a dualism between good and evil, monotheism has in fact foreclosed the possibility of acknowledging the ambivalence of our fascination with the limitless and infinity.’ Chantal Mouffe

Literature & Fiction

Flahault, François

History & Criticism

Verso

Despite our tendencies to separate the mind and body, good and evil, Flahault argues that both stem from the same source within us. This knot, inherent to the human condition, is the tension between our desire for absolute self-affirmation and the fact that each of us can only exist through mediation by others. The dependence on others weighs heavy on our shoulders, hampering our very existence. Malice, then, is not merely a result of our biological constitution, but is also a response to our feelings. These can often resemble those of Milton’s and Shelley’s monsters, stories the author calls upon to understand features of the nature of evil that reason alone cannot grasp. From the Preface: ‘By combining several disciplines – philosophy, anthropology and literary criticism, as well as psychoanalysis – Flahault scrutinizes the origin of malevolence and reveals that, contrary to the view presented by moral philosophy, it is within us that the roots of wickkedness are to be found ... Taking issue with the widely accepted view that monotheism constitutes moral progress, he argues that by instigating a dualism between good and evil, monotheism has in fact foreclosed the possibility of acknowledging the ambivalence of our fascination with the limitless and infinity.’ Chantal Mouffe

BE YOURSELF: Au-delà de la conception occidentale de l'individu

Essays & Correspondence

1001 NUITS

Pourquoi limiter l'expansion du capitalisme?

DESCARTES ET CI

La mechancete

Este libro se propone construir la historia de la desmesura humana, justamente hoy que el crecimiento material sin fin parece haberse convertido en la principal razón de ser de la humanidad. De hecho, la modernidad se ha asentado sobre la idea de progreso y sobre la emancipación a través del conocimiento y el dominio de la naturaleza. François Flahault hace una arqueología de este ideal prometeico. Muestra cómo bajo apariencia de racionalidad, está gobernado por la desmesura. La visión prometeica del hombre y de la sociedad responde al deseo de existir y de no someterse a ningún límite. Dicha visión ha alimentado el imaginario romántico, el positivismo, el comunismo, el desarrollo científico o el ultraliberalismo de la derecha americana. Al analizar los errores fundamentales del prometeísmo, François Flahault nos ofrece pistas que permitirán pensar de otro modo aquello que somos y nuestras relaciones con el entorno natural y social.

El crepúsculo de Prometeo: Contribución a una historia de la desmesura humana

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Galaxia Gutenberg, S.L.

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