Language:
German
Year of publication:
1997
Titel der Quelle:
1999; Zeitschrift für Sozialgeschichte des 20
Angaben zur Quelle:
12,3 (1997) 55-75
Keywords:
Arendt, Hannah,
;
Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah.
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Historiography
;
Antisemitism History 1933-1945
;
Germany History 20th century
;
Historiography
Abstract:
Confronts Arendt's thesis of "the banality of evil" (i.e. of the indifferent bureaucrat carrying out his task) with Goldhagen's description of perpetrators acting out of conviction and enthusiasm. Comments that those who (justifiedly) condemned Arendt's book at the time of its appearance used arguments very similar to Goldhagen's, and it is therefore hard to understand why the latter is now being so bitterly criticized.
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