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Visualizing Atrocity [3.92.84.253] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 07:51 GMT) CRITICAL CULTURAL COMMUNICATION General Editors: Sarah Banet-Weiser and Kent A. Ono Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media Isabel Molina-Guzmán The Net Effect: Technology, Romanticism, Capitalism Thomas Streeter Our Biometric Future: The Pursuit of Automated Facial Perception Kelly A. Gates Critical Rhetorics of Race Edited by Michael G. Lacy and Kent A. Ono Circuits of Visibility: Gender and Transnational Media Cultures Edited by Radha S. Hegde Commodity Activism: Cultural Resistance in Neoliberal Times Edited by Roopali Mukherjee and Sarah Banet-Weiser Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11 Evelyn Alsultany Visualizing Atrocity: Arendt, Evil, and the Optics of Thoughtlessness Valerie Hartouni Visualizing Atrocity Arendt, Evil, and the Optics of Thoughtlessness Valerie Hartouni a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London [3.92.84.253] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 07:51 GMT) NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2012 by New York University All rights reserved References to Internet Websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hartouni, Valerie. Visualizing atrocity : Arendt, evil, and the optics of thoughtlessness / Valerie Hartouni. p. cm. — (Critical cultural communication) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8147-3849-8 (cloth : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8147-6976-8 (pbk. : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8147-7183-9 (ebook) ISBN 978-0-8147-3899-3 (ebook) 1. Arendt, Hannah, 1906–1975. Eichmann in Jerusalem. 2. Arendt, Hannah, 1906–1975—Criticism and interpretation. 3. Arendt, Hannah, 1906–1975— Political and social views. 4. Eichmann, Adolf, 1906–1962—Trials, litigation, etc. 5. War crime trials—Jerusalem—History—20th century. 6. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945) 7. World War, 1939–1945—Atrocities Germany. 8. Genocide —Germany—History—20th century. 9. Good and evil—Political aspects. 10. Good and evil—Social aspects. I. Title. dd247.e5a734 2012 940.53'18092—dc23 2011051503 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 p 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...