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Mephistopheles: the devil in the modern world

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This volume completes Russell's history of the concept of the Devil from antiquity to the present. (The series includes The Devil, Cornell, 1977; Satan, LJ 10/15/81; and Lucifer , LJ 11/15/84.) The concept, fragmented somewhat by the Reformation and even more by the rise of rationalism, became in the 19th century a powerful symbol of rebellion against aristocracy and "an ironic metaphor of the corruption and foolishness of humanity." In the 20th century genocide has made the Devil theologically and philosophically an issue. Russell largely succeeds in being the objective historian who carefully pursues the persistence of this concept in popular culture, art, literature, philosophy, and theology. An excellent and important intellectual history.

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235.4 RUS m

Z. HANDIMAN

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235.4 RUS m

Publisher

Ithaca : Cornell University Press., 1982

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336p.; 22 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-8014-1808-9

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235.4

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DEVILS, SPIRITUAL WARFARE

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