Are Arendt's Reflections on Evil Still Relevant
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6403146 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard J Bernstein (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 64-76 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s003467050800017x |
| OpenAlex | W2159399627 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 5 |
The relevance of Arendt's reflections on evil is analyzed in three respects. She warns that the appeal to absolutes (good or evil) destroys politics; her claim that radical evil involves making human beings as human beings superfluous is relevant to contemporary concerns with the vast refugee and stateless populations; and her idea of the banality of evil focuses our attention on the evil deeds that persons commit even when they do not have evil motives or intentions
Appeal · Commit · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Moral evil · Political ponerology · Political science · Politics · Relevance (law · State (computer science · Stateless protocol · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |