Critical Ponerology (WHAT IS “EVIL”?) with Kenneth MacKendrick

批判性恶论(何为“邪恶”)与肯尼思·麦金德里克

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2025-10-22

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What is evil? Who is evil? Does evil exist? Who decides? Can we scream over turkey at grandma’s house? Let’s chat Critical Ponerology with scholar, professor, author of Evil: A Critical Primer, and a gem of a person, Dr. Kenneth MacKendrick of the University of Manitoba. He’s been teaching courses on the notion of evil for 25 years and it’s a much deeper rabbit hole than you’d ever expect. So rub your fingers together and enjoy a discussion about different cultural approaches to evil, if your toddler is evil, vampires, angry mobs seeking vigilante justice, news personalities saying unhinged things, and subjects vs. objects. Also: why you should be nicer to your coffee table.  Get Dr. MacKendrick’s book, Evil: A Critical Primer, on Amazon or Bookshop.org A donation went to North Point Douglas Women’s Centre More episode sources and links Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes Other episodes you may enjoy: Spooktober: Topics to Startle and Love, Demonology (EVIL SPIRITS), Vampirology (VAMPIRES), Teratology (MONSTERS), Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY), Momiology (MUMMIFICATION), Witchology (WITCHES & WITCHCRAFT), Indigenous Pedology (SOIL SCIENCE), Environmental Toxicology (POISONS + TRAIN DERAILMENT), Disinfectiology (BLEACH), Obsessive-Compulsive Neurobiology (OCD), Disgustology (REPULSION TO GROSS STUFF), Medieval Codicology (WEIRD OLD MANUSCRIPT ART & MEMES & SNAILS), Victimology (CRIME VICTIMS), Artificial Intelligence Ethicology (WILL A.I. CRASH OUT?) 400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topic Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes Sponsors of Ologies Transcripts and bleeped episodes Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram and Bluesky Follow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTok Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake Chaffee Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek  Website by Kelly R. Dwyer Theme song by Nick Thorburn Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • Oh, hey, it's the dog toy under the couch that you won't find for another four months.

  • Allie Ward and it's evil.

  • Let's talk about it with a professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Manitoba who has written the book on it.

  • It's titled Evil, a Critical Primer and teaches the course Evil in world religions.

  • They have a bachelor in religious studies,

  • a master's in critical theory in religion, in feminist ethics,

  • and a PhD in critical theory ethics, hermeneutics, and psychoanalysis,

  • and who will deal with my questions, such as, what is evil?

  • Who is evil?

  • What do we do about evil?

  • Can we scream over Turkey at grandma's house?

  • We're going to get into it.

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