The path to mass evil : Hannah Arendt and totalitarianism today / Michael Hardiman
Philosophical approaches to the problem of evil -- The banality of evil -- Banality and the masses -- Ideology, totalitarianism and mass evil -- Pernicious ideologies -- Totalising ideology and religion -- The fusion of ideology with banality -- The murderous alphabet -- Combatting mass evil : Arend...
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| Main Authors: | Hardiman, Michael (Author) |
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| Formato: | Livro |
| Idioma: | English |
| Publicado em: | New York, NY ; London : Routledge, 2023 |
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| Acesso em linha: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Resumo: | Philosophical approaches to the problem of evil -- The banality of evil -- Banality and the masses -- Ideology, totalitarianism and mass evil -- Pernicious ideologies -- Totalising ideology and religion -- The fusion of ideology with banality -- The murderous alphabet -- Combatting mass evil : Arendt's legacy today. "On the Southern border of the United States in 2018, the decision was made to implement a separation policy among refugees and migrant families arriving at the border - and so a group of government employees left their homes, bidding farewell to their families as they went to work, and began to separate hundreds of children from their families, forcefully taking them to holding centres. Developing Hannah Arendt's analysis of the banality of evil, The Path to Mass Evil demonstrates how the most educated, sophisticated, and advanced societies in human history have the potential to turn into an enormous killing machine, implementing mass murder on a vast scale"-- |
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| Descrição do item: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descrição Física: | 231 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781032107103 9781032107097 |
