Abstract
This article reexamines the issue of ‘thoughtlessness', which Hannah Arendt raised in Eichmann in Jerusalem. As well known, Eichmann was a war criminal of World War Ⅱ and Arendt wrote Eichmann in Jerusalem based on her observation of his trial in Jerusalem. In Eichmann in Jerusalem,Arendt argued that the evil of Eichmann did not derive from his evil intention but his sheer thoughtlessness. Eichmann's sheer thoughtlessness made him serve under Hitler with fidelity and took him to the gallows.
This article focuses on two issues. Firstly, Eichmann had alternatives other than service to Nazism and Bartleby's resistance is one of the alternatives.
Secondly, wuwei, or non- deeming action can be interpreted as an elaborated form of Bartleby' resistance. Wuwei offers a solution to Agamben's argument of “the potential".
This article focuses on two issues. Firstly, Eichmann had alternatives other than service to Nazism and Bartleby's resistance is one of the alternatives.
Secondly, wuwei, or non- deeming action can be interpreted as an elaborated form of Bartleby' resistance. Wuwei offers a solution to Agamben's argument of “the potential".
| Translated title of the contribution | Saving Eichmann Rethinking Bartleby's Resistance in Giorgio Agamben |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 289-310 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | 인문연구 |
| Issue number | 65 |
| State | Published - Aug 2012 |