Eichmann and his ghosts: affective states and the unstable status of the human
CG Franklin - Cultural Critique, 2014 - JSTOR
This essay explores past and present controversies surrounding Hannah Arendt and her
1963 Eichmann in Jerusalem to analyze how challenges to anti-Zionist criticism get
converted into, and then dismissed as, instances of anti-Semitic sentiment. Attacks on Arendt
that denounce her for her affect in Eichmann in Jerusalem obfuscate even as they often
arise from the challenges she poses to Zionism. Similarly, scholars today who criticize Israel
are often dismissed through stories that recast their criticisms as instances of inappropriate …
1963 Eichmann in Jerusalem to analyze how challenges to anti-Zionist criticism get
converted into, and then dismissed as, instances of anti-Semitic sentiment. Attacks on Arendt
that denounce her for her affect in Eichmann in Jerusalem obfuscate even as they often
arise from the challenges she poses to Zionism. Similarly, scholars today who criticize Israel
are often dismissed through stories that recast their criticisms as instances of inappropriate …
EICHMANN AND HIS GHOSTS.
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The article discusses developments in the study of humanities as of October 2014,
particularly in the interrelations between humans and human rights as seen in the works of
Hannah Arendt like" Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil." The
importance of Arendt's writings is highlighted due to such global events as the US'war on
terror, the growing violence against Palestinians in Israel, and the occupied Palestinian
Territories. Also cited is Dirk Moses' comment on Arendt.
particularly in the interrelations between humans and human rights as seen in the works of
Hannah Arendt like" Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil." The
importance of Arendt's writings is highlighted due to such global events as the US'war on
terror, the growing violence against Palestinians in Israel, and the occupied Palestinian
Territories. Also cited is Dirk Moses' comment on Arendt.