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List of Figures vii Preface ix Editors’ Note xi Introduction: Thinking in Dark Times ro ge r be r kow i t z 3 Pa r t I . P o l I t I c s Reflections on Antisemitism c h r i s t oph e r h i t c h e ns 17 Fiction as Poison ge orge k at e b 29 A Discriminating Politics u day m e h ta 43 Hannah Arendt’s Political Engagements s e y l a be n h a bi b 55 What Does It Mean to Think About Politics? m a r k a n ta k i 63 Pa r t I I . ly I n g a n d P o l I t I c s A Lying World Order: Political Deception and the Threat of Totalitarianism pe g bi r m i ngh a m 73 Lying and History c at h y c a ru t h 79 Pa r t I I I . c I t I z e n s h I P The Experience of Action pat c h e n m a r k e l l 95 Dissent in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt on Civil Disobedience and Constitutional Patriotism v e r i t y s m i t h 105 Promising and Civil Disobedience: Arendt’s Political Modernism J. m . be r ns t e i n 115 Pa r t I V. e V I l a n d E I C H M A N N I N J E R U S A LE M Is Evil Banal? A Misleading Question r ic h a r d J. be r ns t e i n 131 Banality and Cleverness: Eichmann in Jerusalem Revisited pe t e r b a e h r 139 Contents Judging the Events of Our Time J e n n i f e r l . c u l be rt 145 Arendt’s Banality of Evil Thesis and the Arab-Israeli Conflict ya ron e z r a h i 153 Pa r t V. J u d a I s m a n d c o s m o P o l I ta n I s m Liberating the Pariah: Politics, the Jews, and Hannah Arendt l e on b o t s t e i n 161 Hannah Arendt’s Jewish Experience: Thinking, Acting, Judging J e rom e koh n 179 The Pariah as Rebel: Hannah Arendt’s Jewish Writings ron h . f e l dm a n 197 Hannah Arendt’s Jewish Identity e l i s a be t h you ng -bru e h l 207 Jewish to the Core s u z a n n e v rom e n 213 Pa r t V I . t h I n k I n g I n d a r k t I m e s Thinking Big in Dark Times druc i l l a c or n e l l 221 Crimes of Action, Crimes of Thought: Arendt on Reconciliation, Forgiveness, and Judgment s h a i l av i 229 Solitude and the Activity of Thinking ro ge r be r kow i t z 237 Pa r t V I I . s I t e s o f m e m o r y Exile Readings: Hannah Arendt’s Library r e i n h a r d l au be 249 Remembering Hannah: An Interview with Jack Blum ro ge r be r kow i t z 261 My Hannah Arendt Project s h y a b a dy 269 Notes 273 List of Contributors 293 Index 295 ...

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