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A assustadora história da maldade

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Todo código ético propõe a virtude e condena o mal. Entretanto, muitos crimes foram e são cometidos em nome do que se supõe ser a virtude. O que faz com que o conceito do bem (e portanto, o do mal) mude conforme a época, o povo, o contexto sócio-econômico? Até que ponto o código moral é consequência de fatores históricos e até onde este código pode determinar o destino de uma comunidade ou nação ? Estas são algumas das numerosas perguntas a que este polêmico e instigante ensaio tenta dar resposta.
Assim, a obra se transforma em grande parte num catálogo da maldade, com protagonistas como
Átila, Gengis Khan, Calígula, os primeiros papas, o Marquês de Sade, Henrique VIII, Machiavel, Adolf Hitler e Idi Amim, e, na medida em que repensa a moral, apresenta um verdadeiro desfile de ´monstros´ históricos, capazes de construir uma Assustadora História da Maldade.

592 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

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Oliver Thomson

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Oliver Thomson read history at Cambridge and later added a PhD at Glasgow University where he has been a part-time lecturer for many years. Though his main career was in advertising he has written twelve books, one of which was also published in Japanese and two in Portuguese. His books include The Great Feud: The Campbells and the MacDonalds, The Impossible Bourbons and The Other Kaisers.

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An interesting read revealing the pendulum of human morality, so focused on sex--promiscuity, prostitution, and homosexuality--and violence--mutilation, torture, death--and how tied to religions these practices were. The more advance society becomes, the worse it acts towards people.
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