xrevacholiere 's review for:

Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations by Hannah Arendt

4.0

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Not a satisfying and wholesome collection of interviews, but it seems like a good starting point. Some of the topics touched upon are the definition of totalitarianism, the state (Arendt envisions a solution of sorts, which she calls the council-state), the French and American Revolutions, Arendt's background and Jewishness, political philosophy, Eichmann (and here she expands on the oft-quoted and misunderstood "banality of evil" remark). Recommended for anyone entirely unfamiliar with her writings or thought.