The Trial That Never Ends – Hannah Arendt`s `Eichmann in Jerusalem` in Retrospe…

The Trial That Never EndsHannah Arendt's 'Eichmann in Jerusalem' in Retrospect\nAuthor(s): Richard J. Golsan, Sarah Misemer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487501464, 978-1487501464\nSynopsis\nThe fiftieth anniversary of the Adolf Eichmann trial may have come and gone but in many countries around the world there is a renewed focus on the trial, Eichmann himself, and the nature of his crimes. This increased attention also stimulates scrutiny of Hannah Arendts influential and controversial work, Eichmann in Jerusalem.\n\n The contributors gathered together by Richard J. Golsan and Sarah M. Misemer in The Trial That Never Ends assess the contested legacy of Hannah Arendts famous book and the issues she raised: the \""banality of evil\"", the possibility of justice in the aftermath of monstrous crimes, the right of Israel to kidnap and judge Eichmann, and the agency and role of victims. The contributors a.