{"product_id":"eichmann-in-jerusalem-a-report-on-the-banality-of-evil-9780143039884","title":"Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe controversial journalistic analysis of the mentality that fostered the Holocaust, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Totalitarianism\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account. A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence, \u003ci\u003eEichmann in Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e is as shocking as it is informative--an unflinching look at one of the most unsettling (and unsettled) issues of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHannah Arendt\u003c\/b\u003e (1906-1975) was University Professor of political philosophy in the graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, a visiting professor at several universities including California, Princeton, Columbia, and Chicago, a research director of the Conference on Jewish Relations, the chief editor of Schocken Books, and the executive director of Jewish Cultural Reconstruction in New York City. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1952, and an Arts and Letters Grant of the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1954. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eOn Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBetween Past and Future\u003c\/i\u003e, which are available from Penguin Classics along with \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Hannah Arendt\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAmos Elon\u003c\/b\u003e (1926-2009) was born in Vienna, Austria, and spent most of his adult life in Jerusalem. A frequent essayist, lecture, and critic who was well known for his articles in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the author of such bestselling works as \u003ci\u003eThe Israelis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlight into Egypt, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFounder, Herzel, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50591919440146,"sku":"9780143039884","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8010d20a-bcc5-4152-97c2-c318f6b8b37f.jpg?v=1732095840","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/eichmann-in-jerusalem-a-report-on-the-banality-of-evil-9780143039884","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}