Evil after Postmodernism

by Jennifer L. Geddes (Editor)

These six essays form a stimulating and lucid investigation of the meaning of evil in the light of postmodern thought, and of the cultural and social changes of the modern age. They consider subjects such as the war in Bosnia, AIDS, and the Holocaust.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Bruce Morton · Rating 4 out of 5]

The essays are academic and the sentences often long. As a result Evil After Postmodernism can become tiring to wade through. However, its assessment of evil and postmodernism is thorough. Geddes is not writing from a Christian perspective (she has no belief in Jesus). So, when she gets at the roots of postmodernism, Christians would do well to listen. She observes that the taproot of postmodernism is one simple conclusion: Satan is dead (i.e. he never existed); he is mere metaphor and "evil" is no more than a social or cultural term.