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Hannah Arendt Biopic Offers Rare Onscreen View of Political Philosophy

JL;DR SUMMARY Hannah Arendt's profound and controversial ideas are brought to life in Margarethe von Trotta's biopic, focusing on the philosopher's analysis of Adolf Eichmann's trial and the concept of the "banality of evil." A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustBiopicNew YorkHannah ArendtBanality Of EvilControversyEichmann Trial20th Century PhilosophyMargarethe Von TrottaGerman Jewish Intellectuals

Places mentioned

Buenos Aires, Argentina
"The opening scene of Hannah Arendt depicts the capture of Nazi criminal Eichmann on a dark and lonely road in Buenos Aires."
Poland
"in the founding of organized social democracy in Poland, and later in the founding of the Communist Party in Germany,"
Germany
"in the founding of organized social democracy in Poland, and later in the founding of the Communist Party in Germany,"
Denmark
"most notably Denmark, where, she wrote, even career Nazis changed their minds about the extermination of a whole people as a matter of course in the face of principled resistance."
New York, United States
"created a chasm among New York Jewish intellectuals, many of whom, like her, were German exiles."
Jerusalem, Israel
"First published as a series of essays in The New Yorker, the report was later expanded into a book under the title Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil."

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