Banality of Evil - Hannah Arendt and the Final Solution

Informationen zum 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. Klappentext 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 principles-freedom, society, identity, truth, equality, and reason-in light of the horrific events of the Holocaust. Zusammenfassung This text explores the political and philosophical consequences of Hannah Arendt's concept of "the banality of evil"! a term used to describe Adolph Eichmann! architect of the Nazi "final solution". Arendt was preoccupied by the meaning and significance of the Nazi genocide to our modern times.

Product details

• Authors: Bernard J Bergen, Bernard J. Bergen, Bergen Bernard J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1998
• EAN: 9780847692101
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9210-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; Europe, European History, Political Ideologies, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Second World War, The Holocaust, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, c 1940 to c 1949, Political ideologies and movements, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater