ABSTRACT
In this chapter, Irm Haleem summarizes the significant findings of both the conceptual and empirical chapters in this book with reference to Hannah Arendt’s analysis of Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem in 1961. Haleem argues that Eichmann’s trail, as analyzed by Arendt, illustrates how the narratives of violence (process of violence) are critical in not only leading to physical violence (outcome of violence) but also in determining the extent of physical violence. Haleem then offers broader reflections on violence with reference to George Kateb’s analysis of how war justifies anti-constitutionalism, and Jacques Derrida’s analysis of how overly aggressive anti-terrorism policies are analogous to an autoimmune disease where an overly active immune system ends up doing more damage than good.
