Marie Luise Knott

Unlearning with Hannah Arendt (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

After observing the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem, Hannah Arendt formulated her controversial concept of the 'banality of evil' and asked the question: how can seemingly normal people carry out genocidal acts? She found her answer by focusing on the machinery of Nazi genocide and the organizational capacity of the victims: the Jewish Councils drawing up lists for deportation. The latter proved hugely controversial when the book was first published in serial form in the New Yorker. Anchoring its discussion in the themes of laughter, translation, forgiveness, and dramatization, this book explores how the iconic political theorist 'unlearned' trends and patterns to establish her own theoretical praxis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Granta Publications
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783781126
• Artikelnr.: 41342634

Autorenporträt

Marie Luise Knott is a journalist, translator, and author living in Berlin. In 1995 she founded the German edition of Le Monde diplomatique and has been its editor-in-chief for the past eleven years. She has written numerous works on art and literature, as well as two important studies of Hannah Arendt.