“Eichmann in Jerusalem” and Our Failure to Appreciate Nuance

A few words on the tribality of evil

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In 1961, Hannah Arendt went to Jerusalem to see a Nazi.

Her self-appointed task was to report for The New Yorker on Adolf Eichmann’s trial. The year before, Israeli agents had abducted the former SS official from hiding in Argentina — technically, a violation of international…