Blog: Remembering the ‘banality of evil’ is of vital importance

By Joshua Garfield and Izzy Lenga
Hannah Arendt wrote about the “banality of evil,” as a countenance to the often ubiquitous belief that evil is exceptional; that uniquely evil deeds are committed by uniquely evil individuals.
Offering up a thesis that evil is banal begs the question of whether we need to work harder to fight hate, because it is far more common than we are willing to admit.
The theme for this year’s international Holocaust Memorial Day, which falls on 27 Januar