The apologetics of evil : the case of Iago / Richard Raatzsch ; translated from German by Ladislaus Löb.
This book is a concise philosophical meditation on Iago and the nature of evil, through the exploration of the enduring puzzle found in Shakespeare's Othello. What drives Iago to orchestrate Othello's downfall? Instead of treating Iago's lack of motive as the play's greatest weak...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English German |
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Princeton, N.J. :
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©2009.
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| Series: | Princeton monographs in philosophy.
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| Summary: | This book is a concise philosophical meditation on Iago and the nature of evil, through the exploration of the enduring puzzle found in Shakespeare's Othello. What drives Iago to orchestrate Othello's downfall? Instead of treating Iago's lack of motive as the play's greatest weakness, The Apologetics of Evil shows how this absence of motive is the play's greatest strength. Richard Raatzsch determines that Iago does not seek a particular end or revenge for a discrete wrong; instead, Iago is governed by a passion for intriguing in itself. Raatzsch explains that this passion is a pathological ver. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (115 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400830763 1400830761 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |