"In a book that is as brilliant as it is bracing, Susan Neiman takes on one of the most fraught of all concepts: evil. The term has been appropriated by those who practice it— a justification for atrocity. But as Neiman reveals in this wonderfully?readable and passionately urgent anatomy of the present crisis, those who believe in?democracy, law and morality have to take it back. Call it Evil shows us not just why we should do it but how." -Fintan O’Toole

"Philosopher Susan Neiman argues that the Trump era demands a word most of us have been trained to avoid: evil. Not the gothic, tabloid kind, but something more dangerous — the now-common conviction that self-interest is the only real human motive and power is all that matters. Tracing how this cynical worldview got to be called common sense, Neiman shows why naming it is the first step toward defeating it. Sharp, urgent and eminently readable, this book will change our understanding of the present crisis." -Daniel Kehlmann

"How have we fallen so far, so fast? Susan Neiman's brilliant, brave book offers a moral diagnosis without moralizing, explains why, when, and how cynicism corroded our politics, and lights the way to a more hopeful future. This is philosophy in action, and we've never needed it more." -Lorraine Daston

"Many describe Donald Trump as evil. Susan Nieman, one of philosophy’s reigning experts on evil, affirms that judgment. In lucid prose, she explains how the unfounded view that narrow self-interest drives all behavior has spawned not just Trump but nearly every other serious threat we face." -Robert H. Frank, author of Passions Within Reason

"We need to hear this now. Susan Neiman isn’t afraid to use moral language while we, still shocked by today’s US-America, are tempted to sane wash. But Neiman is stronger, and she says the absolutely right word: evil. Amidst so much cruelty and corruption, Susan Neiman’s energetic takedown of market fundamentalism restores morality to its rightful place in public discourse." -Nell Irvin Painter is the author of The History of White People and I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays