Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Book Portrays Eichmann as Evil, but Not Banal - NYTimes.com

Book Portrays Eichmann as Evil, but Not Banal - NYTimes.com:



"More than 50 years after its publication, Hannah Arendt’s “Eichmann in Jerusalem” remains enduringly controversial, racking up a long list of critics who continue to pick apart her depiction of the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann as an exemplar of “the banality of evil,” a bloodless, nearly mindless bureaucrat who “never realized what he was doing.”"



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