Sums up the whole situation, really. This has crossed far past "funny if it wasn't so sad" to just "all of this is sad."
The irony of calling for the suspension of a prize named after an anti-Totalitarian political theorist in order to appease the authoritarian government of a rogue state currently committing genocide against an already-subjugated people seems to be lost on the Bremen DIG.
Sums up the whole situation, really. This has crossed far past "funny if it wasn't so sad" to just "all of this is sad."
Kind of ironic given that Arendt wasn't exactly super popular with the Israeli government for some of her writing about Israel (she wasn't nearly as anti-Israel as some people pretend though – and...
Kind of ironic given that Arendt wasn't exactly super popular with the Israeli government for some of her writing about Israel (she wasn't nearly as anti-Israel as some people pretend though – and it's a bit unfortunate to try to reduce the work of a foremost political scientist to "pro" or "anti").
Sums up the whole situation, really. This has crossed far past "funny if it wasn't so sad" to just "all of this is sad."
Kind of ironic given that Arendt wasn't exactly super popular with the Israeli government for some of her writing about Israel (she wasn't nearly as anti-Israel as some people pretend though – and it's a bit unfortunate to try to reduce the work of a foremost political scientist to "pro" or "anti").
The essay in question.
What a sad outcome over such a brilliant piece. It just brings breaths life to the words of the article.