This volume brings together a collection of six essays by a group of distinguished scholars which address our understanding of evil in the light of postmodern thought. The essays ask what might be lost in losing the concept of evil and what dangers might be incurred by continuing to use it. The essays are organized around three themes - histories of evil, narratives of evil and ethics of evil. In each section the first essay illustrates certain theoretical difficulties faced by thinking about evil in the postmodern age, while the second offers a constructive response to that difficulty.

This volume brings together a collection of six essays by a group of distinguished scholars which address our understanding of evil in the light of postmodern thought. The essays ask what might be lost in losing the concept of evil and what dangers might be incurred by continuing to use it. The essays are organized around three themes - histories of evil, narratives of evil and ethics of evil. In each section the first essay illustrates certain theoretical difficulties faced by thinking about evil in the postmodern age, while the second offers a constructive response to that difficulty.