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Thomas White, Aeon

Why Hannah Arendt’s famous ‘banality of evil’ thesis stands the risk of being proved banal itself

October 14 marks Hannah Arendt’s 113th birth anniversary.

Thomas White, Aeon
· Oct 15, 2019 · 06:30 pm
Hannah Arendt famously spoke of the ‘banality of evil’. But did she miss a deeper meaning?

For many critics, it is impossible to reconcile the deeds of Nazi operative Adolph Eichmann with Arendt’s depiction of him as no more than a bland bureaucrat.

Thomas White, Aeon
· Apr 30, 2018 · 05:30 pm