30 May , 2026

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Why Should I Trust Carl Schmitt on Power? He Wasn’t Even Good at Being a Nazi.

May 25, 2026 No Comments
There are a lot of things that I disagree with about the philosophy of Carl Schmitt, a very in-vogue thinker I read as a tortured Christian who blamed everyone else for his problems, and whose work survives mostly as philosophy for men who seek to control other men and want a philosophical justification.

But [...]

Remember Eichmann in Jerusalem: Evil Does Not Always Look Evil

May 25, 2026 No Comments
"Evil comes from a failure to think." - Hannah Arendt

Although The Origins of Totalitarianism was Arendt's first influential work, Eichmann in Jerusalem may be her most enduring legacy. In 1961 she traveled to Jerusalem to cover the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi official who had organized the mass deportation of [...]

Remember Eichmann in Jerusalem: Evil Does Not Always Look Evil

May 25, 2026 No Comments
"Evil comes from a failure to think." - Hannah Arendt

Although The Origins of Totalitarianism was Arendt's first influential work, Eichmann in Jerusalem may be her most enduring legacy. In 1961 she traveled to Jerusalem to cover the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi official who had organized the mass deportation of [...]

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