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Hannah Arendt e a banalidade do mal

Title: Hannah Arendt e a banalidade do mal / Nádia Souki.
Author: Souki, Nádia.
Publication: Belo Horizonte : Editora UFMG, 1998.

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Description

152 pages; 23 cm

Summary

Explains that Arendt's concept of the "banality of evil, " as described in her book "Eichmann in Jerusalem, " is supported by her description of totalitarianism as a system in which the exercise of violence does not aim at dominating man but at making him superfluous. The banal acceptance of this order of values by an individual would be based, in Arendt's understanding, on a lack of independent judgment in recognizing the existence of evil. Concludes that Arendt shares with Kant the idea that evil is not intrinsic to man, but a contingency. The difference between them lies in the fact that Kant considered evil to be opposition to moral laws, while Arendt affirms that evil takes place where moral judgment is absent.

Series Statement

Humanitas ; 21

Uniform Title

Humanitas (Minas Gerais, Brazil) ; 21.

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Note

Originally presented as thesis for Master's degree, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Filosofía e Ciências, 1995.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [146]-152).

ISBN

8570411502
9788570411501

OCLC

ocm41558801
41558801
SCSB-1125823

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Princeton University Library