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Publication Date: 1981-Aug
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Hannah Arendt and the Banality of Evil.
Whitfield, Stephen J.
History Teacher, v14 n4 p469-77 Aug 1981
Considers Arendt's argument that Eichmann was an example of how Nazi totalitarianism changed modern concepts of evil. Concludes that an amoral bureaucracy, whose goals transcended personal judgment, involvement, or responsibility, is part of the social environment which still constitutes a threat today. (AM)
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Bureaucracy, European History, Modern History, Moral Issues, Social Environment, Totalitarianism
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Language: English
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