The apologetics of evil

This book is a concise philosophical meditation on Iago and the nature of evil, through the exploration of the enduring puzzle found in Shakespeare's Othello. What drives Iago to orchestrate Othello's downfall? Instead of treating Iago's lack of motive as the play's greatest weakness, The Apologetics of Evil shows how this absence of motive is the play's greatest strength. Richard Raatzsch determines that Iago does not seek a particular end or revenge for a discrete wrong; instead, Iago is governed by a passion for intriguing in itself.

Year

2009

Language

English

Series

Princeton monographs in philosophy

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Editions

3

Pages

115

ISBN

9780691137339

Data source: Wikidata