The Banality of Evil | Hannah Arendt | Keyword

In this episode, I explain Hannah Arendt's notion of the Banality of Evil and its relevance to the Israel-Palestine "conflict."
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[@gretareinarsson7461]

Understanding history is not about understanding one side but all sides. It’s very important to distinguish between jews and Zionist Israel as well as Palestinians and Hamas

[@diegesisfreak]

yeah I think Chris Rock has a bit on this...

[@mauricioperdomo293]

true but this also makes equivalence's between a settler colonial state and a colonized resistance group, which are very different

[@keithhunt5328]

​@@mauricioperdomo293 LOL Hamas is a resistance group?? Its a terrorist origanisation that wants to islamify the whole world and kill all infidels. You can read the Hamas charter for yourself.

[@mauricioperdomo293]

so happy to see u speak on this in such an eloquent and informed way! free palestine!!

[@sydneytoday2265]

Thank you! Great clarity! Great to bring in a Jewish intellectual to shed the light on the past & the present!

[@tomhancock8184]

Thank you for taking the time and having the courage to make this video. I sincerely hope it does some good.

[@Achrafmehboob]

I am so glad to see you use theory and philosophy to stand up for what’s right. I was always loving your vids but this is the best thing you’ve ever done. Don’t listen to the fascists! I am so proud and glad to have you!!!❤❤❤❤

[@rafaelcarvalho3928]

Great vídeo David . Thank you. You are a beacon of light

[@MDA985]

I read Hannah Arendt's work a decade back and it opened my eyes. Thank you for the great video.

[@coolbacon8217]

you're so amazing. thank you for putting in the work to make these complex ideas accessible

[@stanislavsegrt1446]

Checked in after a while, glad to see you are still doing these - thanks for that! Love the content, been here since "structure sign and play", keep it up!!!

[@numbersix8919]

Thanks David, for this. Can't wait for more truth around these crucial and revealing events.

[@lukedmoss]

Hi David. I appreciate this to preface the in-depth analysis coming up of the book. Also, it's good to see your face again. After hearing the passion in your voice throughout the duration of your latest videos on Palestine, seeing you in your body, as weird as that sounds, is on some level comforting. I look forward to following your work in the coming weeks and months.

[@CriticalThoughtCorner]

Banality of evil. It's not down playing as her critiques suggested. But it offers a warning.

[@zacharysmith4508]

Ive wanted this video from you for years and it over delivered

[@JasonAfeared]

I appreciate your energy. This was a great introduction as to why someone should be involved in the horrors happening today. I was very agnostic and nihilistic towards all of this until a friend recently confronted me about it. Ever since then, I have slowly been educating myself on what is going on. It is of great concern, not only for the actual genocide happening, but of how the world will fundamentally change as each day passes that we all allow something like this to happen. I wanted to confront the fascism within myself and videos like yours are wonderful tools to have. I made a $25 donation for your efforts. Thank you.

[@kp7885]

thank you for this.

[@ronlyons7455]

Thank You 🕯️

[@TimVanZeben]

I say keep it up! A lot of people need to realize that the stories of culture we share as truth many not always - and - are in fact, not truth. For as long as culture has existed in humanity, the "history" of a culture more represents the ideals or goals of a culture rather than an accurate portrayal of the past. Something a professor should realize. Often a culture narrative might demand strict regulation because it can not stand on its own. Either, it's too far from the truth that it will be questioned or the enforcement of "the old ways" are a means unto themselves. Either way, a professor and "expert" would know this. My guess is that either they do but they still wish to continue a history that is out of step with reality, or they're completely ignorant of the facts of history. Because that's what a cultural narrative does.

[@rhizomaticmemer6944]

Love you for this David. You can't even imagine how hard these conversations are in germany. The equating of zionism and Israel with jewish people in general is so strong here that criticizing Israel can get you in serious trouble for "antisemitism". While our "left wing" politicians are concerned with criminalizing support for palestine and while the police breaks up pro-palestine protests and beats up pro-palestine protestors, the AFD (modern day equivalent of the NSDAP) freely gains popularity and influence by the day. This country has learned nothing from history.

[@TheoryPhilosophy]

It's horrifying.

[@cheri238]

​​​​@@TheoryPhilosophy Thank you so much. I have appreciated your videos. 🙏❤️🌎🌿🕊🎵🎶🎵

[@hongkongischeaper]

Thank you for this video! I feel like we have a historic responsibility to do everything we can to stop the genocide in Gaza but as individuals we don't have much power. Then I look at people in positions of power who can stop the bloodshed if they wanted to and see that they choose to enable the genocide rather than stopping it... those people are actively making the choice to collaborate in a crime against humanity. I say "If I were in that position, I would do anything to stop this genocide- " but then again, it takes Machiavellian character traits and potential to commit evil acts in order to occupy any position of power. Unfortunately, evil prevails.

[@stefanievangerven5218]

Incisive and humanising as always. Your honesty is so appreciated ❤

[@Sandra-hc4vo]

Thank you for your education on these important subjects

[@ranasaleh6061]

watching your videos in hopes i can be this articulate one day

[@saurabhpandey4205]

I wanna pursue my phd on Hannah Arendt... please help me out with such videos ..relating Arendt's ideas to contemporary times

[@user-iv6ft3ci7m]

Great video

[@PedanticAntics]

5:39 -"understated"- _"overstated"_ There, fixed that for you.

[@joshc6569]

Hey man, just found your channel and have been binge listening on spotify. I have a copy of the origins of totalitarianism. Hannah Arendt's complex understanding of the world feels incredibly important today. Edward Said is also someone I've wanted to read for a while.

[@nlpascal]

I was hoping someone was going to explore this. I'm missing mentions of Milgram and Stanford Prison. Which explains or shows why or how this may occur. Maybe history doesn't repeat exactly but it sure seems to rhyme.

[@clumsydad7158]

the eternal return, of the banality of evil - we know not what morality is, but only that there is a call to ethics, in the higher conception of being a man. but how to walk this path, we yet know not

[@battragon]

Solid and balanced.

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

Very topical

[@awnaur0no919]

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸❤❤❤✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@morqesahar]

I didn't know Arendt was an anti-zionist given how some of her writing on Palestinians is really weird.

[@milhouse53]

Arendt looks at evil philosophically, perhaps in Jungian terms as well. You point at it wholesomely, however when it comes to the state of Israel displacing Palestinians your approach changes to reductionism.

[@TheoryPhilosophy]

Trust me, I understand that but my reductionism is coming from a place of desperation

[@stanleylewis6513]

Interesting video, but really important to talk about the critique specifically around her comments on the jewish leadership and their involvement with the holocaust. Arendt doesn't give due attention to the fact that leaders were often pressured or threatened to participate the lack of acknowledgement here makes this argument seem really unbalanced to me. In many cases, they were killed and replaced with new leadership (multiple times) until they acted following nazi direction, and many became intermediaries because they believed they could mitigate the damage from the inside. Her analysis of him as truly banal is justifiably and heavily debated (he was a fervent anti-semite). Here, statements like 'Eichmann was horrified when talking about extermination and deportation are not facts. Considering he boasted about being the coordinator of the of the final solution both in germany and when he hid in Argentina after the war, historical reports suggest the opposite was true (read 'eichman before jerusalem' for more examples. BOE is an incredibly important and relevant topic, especially today but Eichmann in Jerusalem attracted alot of critique for a reason. it must be presented in line with it to contextualise it for what it is, rather than show it as what it is not (a certainty). I'm sure this was not intentional, however, the single sided presentation of Arendt's work made here seems to have the trappings of alluding to a long running and highly coordinate jewish conspiracy. This is worrying as this theme is a dominant trope of antisemetic rhetoric and propaganda

[@bonosigudu279]

FREEE PALESTINE!!!

[@idan4989]

the book is not related to Palestinians, you are a big liar. and Palestinians kids were involved with murders in 7/10

[@MDA985]

You are misinformed, regretfully.

[@idan4989]

@@MDA985 no, you

[@Firmus777]

Arendt was such an obnoxious lib.

[@joshc6569]

She's not A-historical enough to be a lib of the current day. Sam Harris, for example, argues that Palestine is a monolithic state of extremism. A true orientalist.

[@TimVanZeben]

Obnoxious or not, that is an ad hominem attack and not a valid point of discussion.

[@MDA985]

Surely you jest......obnoxious lib. came way way later. You're funny.