Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side

by Julia Shaw

Book Overview

What is it about evil that we find so compelling? From our obsession with serial killers to violence in pop culture, we seem inescapably drawn to the stories of monstrous acts and the aberrant people who commit them. But evil, Dr. Julia Shaw argues, is all relative, rooted in our unique cultures. What one may consider normal, like sex before marriage, eating meat, or being a banker, others find abhorrent. And if evil is only in the eye of the beholder,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419729497
• ISBN13: 9781419729492
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"