Seyla Benhabib: Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem: Fifty Years Later

In this lecture, Seyla Benhabib, Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University, will give an overview of the controversial book, Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963). Although some of Arendt’s claims concerning Eichmann’s personality and activities, as well as her analysis of the Jewish Councils are historically inaccurate, Benhabib will argue that her book leaves us with some enduring questions about human responsibility in extreme conditions. This lecture was originally presented on October 24, 2013.