TY - BOOK ID - 77931293 TI - Cultural expressions of evil and wickedness PY - 2003 SN - 9401200971 1417564261 9781417564262 9042010150 PB - Amsterdam New York, NY Rodopi DB - UniCat KW - Immorality. KW - Social ethics. KW - Good and evil. KW - Ethics KW - Social problems KW - Sociology KW - Immoralism KW - Right and wrong KW - Evil KW - Wickedness KW - Philosophy KW - Polarity KW - Religious thought UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77931293 AB - Cultural Expressions of Evil and Wickedness: Wrath, Sex, Crime , is a fascinating study of the a-temporal nature of evil in the West. The international academics and researchers who have contributed to this text not only concentrate on political, social and legally sanctioned cruelty from the past and present, but also explore the nature of moral transgression in contemporary art, media and literature. Although many forms and practices of what might be called 'evil' are analysed, all are bound by violence and/or the sexually perverse. As this book demonstrates, the old news media axiom, 'if it bleeds it leads,' also extends to the larger pool of popular culture. This absorbing volume will be of interest to anyone who has ever pondered on the exotic, extraordinary and surreal twists of human wickedness. ER -