Hans's criticism at the end

Gina 2022-01-19 08:03:03

Hannah’s friend Hans criticized her for arrogant and self-righteous criticizing Jews from an elite perspective after the speech. Her condescending attitude is what makes many people feel unhappy. Hans’s criticism is my biggest challenge to Hannah, even though she herself didn’t realize it at the end.

"People don't think." This accusation is too elitist and self-righteous.

Until now, the person who made such remarks is probably classified as a well-known person who deserves to be scolded.

Although I also appreciate the high demands of elites on themselves, I am skeptical of the practice of delimiting elites and civilians.

The book is like its own. Her argument in "Human Condition" reveals the same elitist temperament.

Ironically, the opposite of the non-thinking common people—the philosopher Heidegger—is also inevitably involved in the Nazi conspiracy. Thinking or not thinking, victimization and victimization, both are powerless.

How would Arendt respond to this?

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Extended Reading
  • Mariela 2022-03-29 09:01:07

    Mediocrity is mediocrity without the ability to think. Evil is the evil that allows oneself to seek collective or honor and hurt others. The so-called mediocrity is the evil.

  • Hubert 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    Rating: C+ mediocre evil, mediocre movie.

Hannah Arendt quotes

  • Hannah Arendt: Eichmann is no Mephistopheles.

  • Adolf Eichmann: An officer swears an oath of allegiance. If he breaks this oath, then he is a rogue. I still hold this view. I have taken an oath here to tell the truth. That was how I viewed things then, too: An oath is an oath.