The Strange World of Hannah Arendt (Jewish Currents Reprints No.5)
New York: Jewish Currents, 1963. Softcover. Quarto. 32pp. Printed stapled b/w wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. A short collection of three essays written in response to and serving as an analysis of Hannah Arendt's then recently published book on the infamous trial of Adolf Eichmann, "Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil" (1963). Written by Jewish-American journalist, educator and activist Morris U. Schappes, this publication reprints material originally published by the author July-October 1963, in the pages of Jewish Currents, the magazine for which he served as editor. Text includes a critic of Arendt's Zionist opinions and an a essay on her "false-focus on Jewish collaboration, Jewish passivity and Jewish resistance". Wrappers with some light sunning to edges. Minor staining to covers. Interior with a few sporadic minor stains and creases to pages. Wrappers in good+, interior in very good- condition overall. g+ to vg-. Item #47410
Price: $95.00