Judging the Trial: Hannah Arendt as a Moral Philosopher of Nation-State Building
@article{Epstein2014JudgingTT, title={Judging the Trial: Hannah Arendt as a Moral Philosopher of Nation-State Building}, author={Alek D. Epstein}, journal={The European Legacy}, year={2014}, volume={19}, pages={901 - 905} }
Margarethe von Trotta’s Hannah Arendt is a thought-provoking film about Arendt’s controversial 1963 book, Eichmann in Jerusalem. The film captures Arendt at a crucial moment in her life and career, along with several other prominent intellectuals, Martin Heidegger, Mary McCarthy, and editor of The New Yorker, William Shawn. Using footage from the actual Eichmann trial (1961) and weaving a narrative that spans three countries (Germany, Israel, and the United States), von Trotta beautifully turns…
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