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In addition to the push back there's the fact that Hannah Arendt -- who coined the phrase "banality of evil" -- was also a lover of Martin Heidegger. Heidegger
by ants_everywhere 1y ago
In addition to the push back there's the fact that Hannah Arendt -- who coined the phrase "banality of evil" -- was also a lover of Martin Heidegger.
Heidegger was an enthusiastic Nazi and Arendt also defended him. Some people see the "banality of evil" book as essentially being a defense of Eichmann.
- tclancy 1y agoCan you supply some sources for this?
- ljlolel 1y agoIt’s in Wikipedia
- ants_everywhere 1y agoIt should be in all standard encyclopedias, but it's certainly in Britannica and Wikipedia. Usually I like to cite Wikipedia, but I'll add Britannica in case people have conspiracy theories about Wikipedia. And you can read more about their romance in the other sources. The Slate article discusses her use of antisemitic sources in her books. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hannah-Arendt https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hannah-Arendt https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Heidegger-German-philosopher https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Heidegger-German... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Arendt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Arendt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger https://www.openculture.com/2017/05/the-love-letters-of-hannah-arendt-and-martin-heidegger.html https://www.openculture.com/2017/05/the-love-letters-of-hann... https://slate.com/human-interest/2009/10/troubling-new-revelations-about-arendt-and-heidegger.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2009/10/troubling-new-revel...