by Hannah Arendt
When I was in graduate school I read many books that shaped my understanding of historical events, but few did so as profoundly as Christopher Browning's Ordinary Men. By using a battalion of reservists as a case study, Browning showed the process by which men not motivated by ideology or hatred or ...
IntroductionNote to the Reader--Eichmann in Jerusalem : A Report on the Banality of EvilBibliographyIndex
We just saw the movie Hannah Arendt, and it is extremely good - possibly the best thing I've seen this year. Margarethe von Trotta's direction and script are excellent, and Barbara Sukowa is terrific in the title role.
History to listen to as I bake chicken pies.Brilliantly narrated by Wanda McCaddonNatural follow up to Hunting Eichmann by Neal Bascombe (I see the 'add book' has broken now!) I am sure that there were many who would have loved to slap that smirk off his face.For a superb review, I can do no less th...
I picked this up because many of the other books I read about WW II mentioned it, usually referinig to the "debate" surronding the book. I'm also aware of Arendt's reputation in Europe.Forgive me, if I ask, what am I missing?Yes, I know Arendt either outright or comes close to blaming the victimns....
The best account ever wrote on a trial.Besides Hannah Arendt investigates not only on Adolf Eichmann, but on the bureaucratic cruelty of the whole Final Solution. It's interesting enough how Arendt casts a shadow on the role played by Sionism in Jewish deportation. The banality of evil had infected...
I read this in college and it just blew me away. One of the more important books of the 20th century. Her idea that "banality" and thoughtlessness, relying on the routines of bureaucracy lie at the root of evil had a profound impact on my thinking. "It was sheer thoughtlessness that predisposed hi...
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