Edinburgh Research Explorer Hannah Arendt's Ghosts Citation for published version: Malinowski, S & Gerwarth, R 2009, 'Hannah Arendt's Ghosts: Reflections on the Disputable Path from Windhoek to Auschwitz', Central European History, vol. 42, no. 02, pp. 279-300. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008938909000314 Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/S0008938909000314 Link: Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research Explorer Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Published In: Central European History Publisher Rights Statement: Malinowski, S., & Gerwarth, R. (2009). Hannah Arendt's Ghosts: Reflections on the Disputable Path from Windhoek to Auschwitz. Central european history, 42, 279-300, doi: 10.1017/S0008938909000314 General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorer content complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright please contact
[email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 28. Sep. 2021 Central European History 42 (2009), 279–300. Copyright # Conference Group for Central European History of the American Historical Association doi:10.1017/S0008938909000314 Printed in the USA Hannah Arendt’s Ghosts: Reflections on the Disputable Path from Windhoek to Auschwitz Robert Gerwarth and Stephan Malinowski If race-thinking were a German invention, as it has been sometimes asserted, then “German thinking” (whatever that may be) was victorious in many parts of the spiritual world long before the Nazis started their ill-fated attempt at world conquest.