FYS 088 - Mad,Bad,and Dangerous to Know:The Appeal of Evil in Western Culture

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Lafayette College

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Description:

Evil has been seductive since the Serpent "invaded" the Garden. In readings ranging from the Bible to gansta rap, this seminar considers four paradigms of evil: theological, philosophical, psychological, and political. Students define their own concepts of evil and discuss how culture constructs evil as the ultimate form of alienation-as sickness, as secular immorality, as political opposition, and as religious perversion.Donahue, Tiernan and Westfall

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lafayette.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 330-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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