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Das Böse erklären

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Dieses Kapitel kritisiert Arendts Konzept der „Banalität des Bösen“. Indem es detailliert auf Eichmann eingeht, zeigt es, dass sie ihn völlig falsch interpretiert hat. Das Kapitel kritisiert auch die üblichen Interpretationen der Milgram-Experimente, die oft als Bestätigung von Arendts These angesehen werden.

In diesem Kapitel wird die Vorstellung von der Banalität des Bösen kritisiert und ein alternativer Rahmen für die Analyse der Frage vorgestellt, warum Staaten Menschen dazu bringen, böse Handlungen zu begehen. Dieser Ansatz kombiniert sozialpsychologische Theorien mit dem Paradigma der Staatsbildung aus dem Buch.

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Saxonberg, S. (2023). Das Böse erklären. In: Vormoderne, Totalitarismus und die Nicht-Banalität des Bösen. Springer VS, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24064-5_3

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