Trial That Never Ends - Hannah Arendt''s ''Eichmann in Jerusalem'' in Retrospect

The contributors gathered together by Richard J. Golsan and Sarah M. Misemer in The Trial That Never Ends assess the contested legacy of Hannah Arendt’s famous book and the issues she raised.

Sommario

Introduction
1 Judging the Past: The Eichmann Trial
Henry Rousso
2 Eichmann in Jerusalem: Conscience, Normality, and the "Rule of Narrative"
Dana Villa
3 Banality, Again
Daniel Conway
4 Eichmann on the Stand: Self-Recognition and the Problem of Truth
Valerie Hartouni
5. Arendt’s Conservatism and the Eichmann Judgement
Russell A. Berman
6 Eichmann’s Victims, Holocaust Historiography, and Victim Testimony
Carolyn J. Dean
7. Truth and Judgement in Arendt’s Writing
Leora Bilsky
8. Arendt, German Law and the Crime of Atrocity
Lawrence Douglas
9. Whose Trial? Adolf Eichmann’s or Hannah Arendt’s? The Eichmann Controversy Revisited
Seyla Benhabib
Contributors
Index

Info autore

Richard J. Golsan is a University Distinguished Professor of French at Texas A&M University.

Sarah M. Misemer is an associate professor in the Department of Hispanic Studies at Texas A & M University. She is also the associate director of the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research.

Riassunto

The contributors gathered together by Richard J. Golsan and Sarah M. Misemer in The Trial That Never Ends assess the contested legacy of Hannah Arendt’s famous book and the issues she raised.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard Golsan, Richard J. Golsan, Richard J. Misemer Golsan
• Con la collaborazione di: Richard J Golsan (Editore), Richard J. Golsan (Editore), Sarah Misemer (Editore)
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781487501464
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-0146-4
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: German and European Studies; German and European Studies (H; German and European Studies
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie