- Summary
- "The fiftieth anniversary of the Adolf Eichmann trial may have come and gone but in many countries around the world there is a renewed focus on the trial, Eichmann himself, and the nature of his crimes. This increased attention also stimulates scrutiny of Hannah Arendt's influential and controversial work, Eichmann in Jerusalem."-- Provided by publisher.
"The contributors gathered together by Richard J. Golsan and Sarah M. Misemer in The Trial That Never Ends assess the contested legacy of Hannah Arendt's famous book and the issues she raised: the "banality of evil," the possibility of justice in the aftermath of monstrous crimes, the right of Israel to kidnap and judge Eichmann, and the agency and role of victims. The contributors also interrogate Arendt's own ambivalent attitudes towards race and critically interpret the nature of the crimes Eichmann committed in light of newly discovered Nazi documents. The Trial That Never Ends responds to new scholarship by Deborah Lipstadt, Bettina Stangneth, and Shoshana Felman and offers rich new ground for historical, legal, philosophical, and psychological speculation."-- Provided by publisher.
- Variant Title
- Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem in retrospect
- Series
- German and European studies ; 27
German and European studies ; 27.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
©2017
- Locale
- Jerusalem
- Contents
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Judging the past : the Eichmann trial / Henry Rousso
Eichmann in Jerusalem : conscience, normality, and the "rule of narrative" / Dana Villa
Banality, again / Daniel Conway
Eichmann on the stand : self-recognition and the problem of truth / Valerie Hartouni
Arendt's conservatism and the Eichmann judgement / Russell A. Berman
Eichmann's victims, Holocaust historiography, and victim testimony / Carolyn J. Dean
Truth and judgement in Arendt's writing / Leora Bilsky
Arendt, German law and the crime of atrocity / Lawrence Douglas
Whose trial? Adolf Eichmann's or Hannah Arendt's? The Eichmann controversy revisited / Seyla Benhabib.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Golsan, Richard Joseph, 1952- editor.
Misemer, Sarah M., editor.
- Notes
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"Many of the chapters included here were first presented at a conference entitled, "Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem: 50 Years On," held at the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A & M University on January 23-25, 2014"--Acknowledgements.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Judging the past : the Eichmann trial / Henry Rousso -- Eichmann in Jerusalem : conscience, normality, and the "rule of narrative" / Dana Villa -- Banality, again / Daniel Conway -- Eichmann on the stand : self-recognition and the problem of truth / Valerie Hartouni -- Arendt's conservatism and the Eichmann judgement / Russell A. Berman -- Eichmann's victims, Holocaust historiography, and victim testimony / Carolyn J. Dean -- Truth and judgement in Arendt's writing / Leora Bilsky -- Arendt, German law and the crime of atrocity / Lawrence Douglas -- Whose trial? Adolf Eichmann's or Hannah Arendt's? The Eichmann controversy revisited / Seyla Benhabib.
