Overview
Superfluous People describes Hannah Arendt's political and philosophical views on Nazi totalitarianism and the Shoah. In her contemplation of evil, Arendt initially spoke of the Shoah as a 'radical evil, ' a term used by Kant. However, unlike Kant, Arendt's radical evil cannot be explained by human motives. Many years later she changed her mind and spoke of 'the banality of evil, ' characterized by an inability to think and judge. Superfluous People seriously considers the question of whether thinking and judging can prevent evil
- | Author: Cornelis Van Hattem
- | Publisher: University Press of America
- | Publication Date: Dec 22, 2005
- | Number of Pages: 200 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0761833056
- | ISBN-13: 9780761833055
