Eichmann in Jerusalem

When the Crusader states were carved out in 1109, it was already apparent that the last Crusade was only going to fuel the desire to have many more because the Holy Land had to be protected from the Turks. The Second Crusade can be described as different European Kings who’s only intentions were to accumulate more land for the Crusader states and Wealth for themselves. Rather than preserving the Holy Land with Christianity as the First crusade was primed to do, the Second Crusade was an…

Muslims in the Middle East. These attacks became known as Crusades and the main goal of the battles were to take the Holy Land and Jerusalem from Muslim rule and give it to the Christians in Europe. While many Crusades were launched against the Muslims, few were actually successful. The First Crusade started because the Muslim group known as the Seljuk Turks took over Jerusalem and closed off its borders to the Christians. This interfered with the Christians journeys to the Holy Land, causing…

The Crusades started in 1095, and were a series of Christian military wars set in place so that the Christians could take back Jerusalem(Holy Land) from the Muslims. There are a few misconceptions about whether the Christians were just attacking the Muslims out of spite, and taking their land. The truth is that, the Holy Land originally belonged to the Christians and it was taken over by the Muslims, the Christians were only reclaiming what was theirs in the first place. There were eight…

at the Council of Clermont Pope Urban II called for a Crusade to reclaim the holy city of Jerusalem, which at the time was held by the Sunni Seljuk Turks. In 1098, one year before the Crusaders began the siege of Jerusalem the Shiite Fatimids took over the city of Jerusalem from the Seljuks. The Shiites saw an opportunity to weaken their rival and so, offered control of Syria to the Crusaders with Jerusalem staying in their control. The…

provisions, swearing of fealty, conquered lands, and use of the Bosporus Strait, and the utter destruction of Peter the Hermit’s forces, the Crusader forces eventually succeeded in securing numerous military victories and capturing the Holy City of Jerusalem. Of course, the Crusaders were fortunate to have faced a Seljuk army who was subject to at best, a very limited unity of command and prone to internal rivalries and power struggles. Likewise, the Shiite Fatimids from Egypt were clearly no…

rest I would hope that you can walk away with an understanding as to what Hollywood does to make their movies more appealing to you with less historical corrections, enjoy! So let's talk about Sybilla, the beautiful princess and soon to be Queen of Jerusalem. In the movie “Kingdom of Heaven”, she was forced to marry the fourth son of the Lord of Lusignan, Guy de Lusignan. “ This explanation of events makes perfect sense and appears borne out by Sibylla’s subsequent behavior”…

upbringing and a difficult childhood, with Eichmann an alleged victim of anti-Semitism himself. Conclusively, although a contributing factor, Eichmann’s…

the problems that Eichmann should be held responsible for during the trial, whereas, Agamben considers camp culture and the political structure of the camp in terms of the law. Within the jurisdiction of the Eichmann trial, the importance of human rights in the system of the nation-state plays a large role in determining the final result, as it emphasizes the uniqueness of what it means to be human and the importance of justice through a fair and due process. In terms of the Eichmann trial,…

World War II had a profound impact on the notion of punishment. The unprecedented tragedy paved way for a new outlook on morality and justice regarding the crimes committed. The works On the Genealogy of Morality, Discipline and Punish, and Eichmann in Jerusalem by Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, and Hannah Arendt respectively all cover the idea of punishment as it follows a common thread of power. In these works, one can observe the transition from Nietzsche’s pre-war piece with a heavy…

“eye for an eye” does not solve the problem at all, it merely just enforces that harming others is okay. This difference in the view of the world can greatly change a person’s perspective of what they have done to others. In Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem: The Banality of Evil we see that Eichmann’s perspective of the wrongs that he has committed is that he is okay with what he did. It is how he was raised and what he saw through childhood and his many moves to different places…