[lit-ideas] Re: *Eichmann in Jerusalem*
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:45:12 -0700
Judy Evans asks: Why "Hannah" but "Kant"?
ck: To distinguish *Hannah* Arendt from the many other famous philosophers
named Arendt, of course. The air of overfamiliarity that accompanies use of
the first name, which could be construed as patronizing, is merely illusory.
C. Kirschenbaum
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