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@article{ART002563595},
author={Yoo, Hui-sok},
title={Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt: On the Grey Zone and the Banality of Evil},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2020},
volume={77},
number={1},
pages={357-396},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.357}

TY - JOUR
AU - Yoo, Hui-sok
TI - Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt: On the Grey Zone and the Banality of Evil
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2020
VL - 77
IS - 1
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 357
EP - 396
SN - 1598-3021
AB - This paper aims to elucidate the present meanings of the critical legacy for which Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt had ceaselessly fought; the gray zone and the banality of evil, the two compelling concepts serve as a kind of guiding posts in locating a common ground of the two thinkers. The rigorous review of these provoking ideas reminds us of the realities of the precarious democracy we daily face while directing our attention to various kinds of bad faith that results from the ruthlessly conforming totalitarian ideology. However, the concepts themselves do not represent the total trajectory of Levi and Arendt as demystifing thinkers; the synthesizing grasp of them could be a foothold towards the in — depth scrutiny of Levi and Arendt, to say nothing of deeper understanding of the Auschwitz. The project of summoning Levi and Arendt as a pair is intended to be a preliminary study. In short, reading their texts can be one of the best scholarly ways of keeping an eye on our democratic crisis amidst the languishment of the critical spirit markedly observed even in universities.
KW - The Grey Zone;The Banality of Evil;Totalitarianism;Eichmann;Auschwitz;Judgement;Critical Thinking
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.357
ER -

Yoo, Hui-sok. (2020). Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt: On the Grey Zone and the Banality of Evil. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 77(1), 357-396.

Yoo, Hui-sok. 2020, "Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt: On the Grey Zone and the Banality of Evil", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.77, no.1 pp.357-396. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.357

Yoo, Hui-sok "Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt: On the Grey Zone and the Banality of Evil" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 77.1 pp.357-396 (2020) : 357.

Yoo, Hui-sok. Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt: On the Grey Zone and the Banality of Evil. 2020; 77(1), 357-396. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.357

Yoo, Hui-sok. "Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt: On the Grey Zone and the Banality of Evil" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 77, no.1 (2020) : 357-396.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.357

Yoo, Hui-sok. Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt: On the Grey Zone and the Banality of Evil. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 77(1), 357-396. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.357

Yoo, Hui-sok. Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt: On the Grey Zone and the Banality of Evil. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2020; 77(1) 357-396. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.357

Yoo, Hui-sok. Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt: On the Grey Zone and the Banality of Evil. 2020; 77(1), 357-396. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.357

Yoo, Hui-sok. "Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt: On the Grey Zone and the Banality of Evil" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 77, no.1 (2020) : 357-396.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.77.1.202002.357