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Ambivalence in Arendt’s Writings1958 : The Human Condition -1963 : Eichmann in Jerusalem - 1971 : The Life of Mind. Three moments ; three issues ; three kinds of writing. In spite of the many gaps, it is possible to find real links between the paradoxical meaning of Eichmann, and the philosophic...

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Auteur principal: Fuchs, Édith
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Publié: 2008
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spelling cairn-RHSHO_189_0559RHSHORevue d’Histoire de la Shoah https://shs.cairn.info/revue-d-histoire-de-la-shoah-2008-2-page-559?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rhsho.189.0559 Un penseur divisé Fuchs, Édith2008 fre Revue d’Histoire de la Shoah | 189 | 2 | 2008-12-13 | p. 559-587 | 2111-885X RHSHO_18993 Ambivalence in Arendt’s Writings1958 : The Human Condition -1963 : Eichmann in Jerusalem - 1971 : The Life of Mind. Three moments ; three issues ; three kinds of writing. In spite of the many gaps, it is possible to find real links between the paradoxical meaning of Eichmann, and the philosophical objectives of H. Arendt. The “leitfaden” seems to be found in that ambivalence towards philosophy itself, which Arendt expressed when she wrote “nothing with, but nothing without philosophy”.Indeed, paradox underlies in every one of Arendt’s views : about Eichmann’s trial - about Israël - about Jewish history, as well as in that so called ordinariness of evil, which won such a huge and lasting fame.Arendt’s purpose was not to be a witness, when she managed to face Eichmann in Jerusalem ; neither to be there as an historian, nor a philosopher. But something “in-between”, it could be said, inbetween and holding some kind of a banner screamed “against”... She writes against institutions, the political State and government in one hand ; and against all academical traditions, on the other.The question remains to know whether all her “enemies” have been well captured by Arendt’s rebellious mind. Nothing seems less certain.Cairn free access
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description Ambivalence in Arendt’s Writings1958 : The Human Condition -1963 : Eichmann in Jerusalem - 1971 : The Life of Mind. Three moments ; three issues ; three kinds of writing. In spite of the many gaps, it is possible to find real links between the paradoxical meaning of Eichmann, and the philosophical objectives of H. Arendt. The “leitfaden” seems to be found in that ambivalence towards philosophy itself, which Arendt expressed when she wrote “nothing with, but nothing without philosophy”.Indeed, paradox underlies in every one of Arendt’s views : about Eichmann’s trial - about Israël - about Jewish history, as well as in that so called ordinariness of evil, which won such a huge and lasting fame.Arendt’s purpose was not to be a witness, when she managed to face Eichmann in Jerusalem ; neither to be there as an historian, nor a philosopher. But something “in-between”, it could be said, inbetween and holding some kind of a banner screamed “against”... She writes against institutions, the political State and government in one hand ; and against all academical traditions, on the other.The question remains to know whether all her “enemies” have been well captured by Arendt’s rebellious mind. Nothing seems less certain.
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