Author(s)

Hua Xia ¹, Zhang Jinghui ²

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Foreign Languages, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450000, China
² School of Foreign Languages, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475000, China

Corresponding Author

Hua Xia

ABSTRACT

After Hannah Arendt participated in Eichmann's trial, she proposed the idea of the banality of evil. It means that evil necessarily has no extreme purpose, and that ordinary peoplecan also commit extreme evil. In her view, it is in the totalitarian atmosphere that Eichmann was taught anything is possible and he is required to carry out his superior's orders unconditionally, and he lost his ability to think, judge. Arendt believes that the relationship between thinking and action links between individuals and public life. Only by balancing the two relationships can individuals better participate in the discussion of the public life.

KEYWORDS

Hannah Arendt, The banality of evil, Thoughtlessness, Inaction, Slavishness

CITE THIS PAPER

Hua Xia, Zhang Jinghui, A Thinker in the Dark Age——Research of Hannah Arendt's Theoryonthe Banality of Evil. Philosophy Journal (2022) Vol. 1: 14-19. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/phij.2022.010104.

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