Please read Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963) [book available for purchase/on reserve]: chap. 1: "The House of Justice"; chap. 3: "An Expert on the Jewish Question"; chap. 6: "The Final Solution: Killing" (to p. 98), and answer the following questions in 3-5 well-written paragraphs based on close attention to the text.
What aspects of the Eichmann trial does Arendt highlight that have a bearing on the juridical aims of the trial? What aspects are highlighted that point to the extra-juridical aims of the trial?
NOTE: Now that we are turning in our course readings to material that includes a wealth of factual material, it is all the more important that in completing these quiz assignments, you continue to do as you have done for the more conventionally (abstractly) philosophical texts we have been working on thus far, that is:
Focus on the conceptual questions you are being asked--i.e., continue to focus on explaining what the key terms or concepts are, how they are understood, what views are presented for consideration, and what claims are being made and how they are being argued for; and
Work very closely with the text to cite evidence for every step of your presentation. Note that a mere page reference is usually not sufficient for your reader to be able correlate the point you are making with its precise basis in the text
As for past quizzes, you needn't aim for definitive answers but a preliminary, thoughtful response based on close attention to the text. (Be sure to substantiate your presentation with detailed references.) Your answer may also include 1-2 important questions raised by your reading for further discussion.
Please use parenthetical page references for your quotations and citations.
Please type and double-space your answer, and number and staple the pages you hand in.
posted March 22, 2003