The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt and 'The Final Solution'

Bergen, Bernard J.

ISBN 10: 0847692108 / ISBN 13: 9780847692101

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1998

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This highly original book is the first to explore the political and philosophical consequences of Hannah Arendt's concept of _the banality of evil,_ a term she used to describe Adolph Eichmann, architect of the Nazi _final solution._ According to Bernard J. Bergen, the questions that preoccupied Arendt were the meaning and significance of the Nazi genocide to our modern times. As Bergen describes Arendt's struggle to understand _the banality of evil,_ he shows how Arendt redefined the meaning of our most treasured political concepts and principlesfreedom, society, identity, truth, equality, and reasonin light of the horrific events of the Holocaust.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Bernard J. Bergen is professor emeritus of psychiatry and sociology at the Darmouth Medical School and Dartmouth College. Among his books is Illumination of Darkness: Freud and the Social Bond.

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Titel: The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt and 'The...
Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good