He was not an emblem of " the banality of evil " as the political theorist hannah arendt portrayed him .
他也并非政治学家汉娜阿伦特笔下的那个“平庸之恶”的象征。
But I am beginning to wonder whether arendt 's formulation might not be reversed , and whether we should not concern ourselves more with the evil of banality .
但我开始怀疑,阿伦特的格言是否没有可能被颠覆,我们是否不该更多的关注恶之平庸。
Reporting on the trial of adolf eichmann in jerusalem in 1961 , the political theorist hannah arendt coined the phrase " the banality of evil " .