Hannah Arendt in Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), ch. 15.
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The fearsome, word-and-thought-defying banality of evil.
— Hannah Arendt on Adolf Eichmann
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About Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt (14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German-American political theorist whose work deals with the nature of power, authority, and totalitarianism.
About Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt (14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German-American political theorist whose work deals with the nature of power, authority, and totalitarianism.
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