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Seems like Arendt got it wrong. She let herself be fooled by Eichmann. He wasn’t banal at all. Bettina Stangneth, “Eichmann Before Jerusalem” (2014) https://n
by leobg 11mo ago
Seems like Arendt got it wrong. She let herself be fooled by Eichmann. He wasn’t banal at all.
Bettina Stangneth, “Eichmann Before Jerusalem” (2014)
https://newcriterion.com/article/the-profundity-of-evil/ https://newcriterion.com/article/the-profundity-of-evil/
- spopejoy 11mo agoStangneth seems like an important thinker, but wow that article hasn't aged well. Talking about the "profundity" of Hamas evil with nary a mention of Israeli genocide. You can say September 2024 was too soon to tell ... but it wasn't actually. Pure islamophobic propaganda.