Archeology of the officium: eichmann, the official and the banality of the catastrophe intersections of G. Agamben and H. Arendt

Authors

  • Castor Mari Martín Bartolomé Ruiz Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Centro de Ciências Humanas, Área de Conhecimento e Aplicação de Filosofia, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande dos Sul, Brasil, castorbartolome@terra.com.br https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6826-1560

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v23i1.49991

Keywords:

Archeology of the office, subjectification of the official, Eichmann, G. Agamben

Abstract

This essay develops, from the work of G. Agamben, a study on the archeology of the office and its ethical political implications on the subjectication mode of the official. The official acts from the office of duty, separating in this action the personal responsibility of the efficiency of the action. By acting as an employee, he does not act in your own name, but acts on behalf of another, to whom all ethical responsibility for functional action is transferred. Eichmann presents himself as the model of official who fulfilled the duty of his function, independently of his personal convictions regarding the human catastrophe that provoked.

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Author Biography

Castor Mari Martín Bartolomé Ruiz, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Centro de Ciências Humanas, Área de Conhecimento e Aplicação de Filosofia, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande dos Sul, Brasil, castorbartolome@terra.com.br

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Published

2018-08-07

How to Cite

MARI MARTÍN BARTOLOMÉ RUIZ, Castor. Archeology of the officium: eichmann, the official and the banality of the catastrophe intersections of G. Agamben and H. Arendt. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 23, n. 1, p. 197–242, 2018. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v23i1.49991. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/49991. Acesso em: 15 feb. 2026.

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2018): Fluxo contínuo

Section

Dossiê de Artigos Originais

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