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In Robinson’s view, scientific reasoning does not denote a sense of logical infallibility, as thinkers like Richard Dawkins might suggest. Instead, in its purest form, science represents a search for answers. It engages the problem of knowledge, an aspect of the mystery of consciousness, rather than providing a simple and final model of reality. Marilynne Robinson is the author of By defending the importance of individual reflection, Robinson Gilead, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer celebrates the power and variety of human consciousness in the Prize for fiction; Home, winner of the tradition of William James. She explores the nature of subjectivity and 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction; and considers the culture in which Sigmund Freud was situated and its Housekeeping, winner of the 1982 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award influence on his model of self and civilisation. Through keen for first fiction. She is also the author interpretations of language, emotion, science and poetry, of Mother Country and The Death of Absence of Mind restores human consciousness to its central place Adam. She teaches at the University in the religion-science debate. of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. June 160 pp. 197x127mm. ISBN 978-0-300-14518-2 £16.99* Translation rights: Trident Media Group Spring 2010 Catalogue:1 27/10/09 11:28 Page 2 2 Philosophy An impassioned argument for the existence of evil from one of the most respected and influential critics of our day On Evil Terry Eagleton For many enlightened, liberal-minded thinkers today, and for most on the political left, evil is an outmoded concept. It smacks too much of absolute judgments and metaphysical certainties to suit the modern age. In this witty, accessible study, the prominent Marxist thinker Terry Eagleton launches a surprising defense of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological and psychoanalytic sources to suggest that evil, no mere medieval artifact, is a real phenomenon with palpable force in our contemporary world. In a book that ranges from St. Augustine to alcoholism, Thomas Aquinas to Thomas Mann, Shakespeare to the Holocaust, Eagleton Terry Eagleton is Professor of English investigates the frightful plight of those doomed souls who apparently Literature at the National University destroy for no reason. In the process, he poses a set of intriguing of Ireland, Galway, Distinguished questions. Is evil really a kind of nothingness? Why should it appear so Professor of Cultural Theory at glamorous and seductive? Why does goodness seem so boring? Lancaster University and Professor of English Literature at Notre Dame. Is it really possible for human beings to delight in destruction for no He is the author of many books. reason at all? BY THE SAME AUTHOR Reason, Faith, and Revolution Reflections on the God Debate May Paper ISBN 978-0-300-16453-4 £10.99* 192 pp. 210x140mm. See page 25 ISBN 978-0-300-15106-0 £18.99* Spring 2010 Catalogue:1 27/10/09 11:28 Page 3 Language 3 Not just a great linguist, “ “ but a true champion and lover of language. BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH For readers of E.