Hannah Arendts portrayal of the terrible consequences of blind obedience Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil" contains an introduction by Amos Elon in " Penguin Classics". Sparking a flurry of heated debate Hannah Arendts authoritative & stunning report on the trial of German Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in " The New Yorker" in 1963. This revised edition
Includes:: material that came to light after the trial as well as Arendts postscript commenting on the controversy that arose over her book. A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence " Eichmann in Jerusalem" is as shocking as it is informative
- a meticulous & unflinching look at one of the most unsettling (and unsettled) issues of the twentieth century. Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was for many years University Professor of Political Philosophy in the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research & a Visiting Fellow of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. She is also the author of " Eichmann in Jerusalem" " On Revolution" & " Between Past & Future". If you enjoyed " Eichmann in Jerusalem" you might like Elie Wiesels " Night" available in " Penguin Modern Classics". " Deals with the greatest problem of our time.. .the problem of the human being within a modern totalitarian system". (Bruno Bettelheim " The New Republic"). "A profound & documented analysis... Bound to stir our minds & trouble our consciences". (" Chicago Tribune")."