Hannah
Arendt (14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German-born political
theorist. Though often described as a philosopher, she rejected that
label on the grounds that philosophy is concerned with "man in the
singular" and instead described herself as a political theorist because
her work centers on the fact that "men, not Man, live on the earth and
inhabit the world". As an assimilated Jew, she escaped Europe during the
Holocaust and became an American citizen. Her works deal with the
nature of power, and the subjects of politics, direct democracy,
authority, and totalitarianism.
Hannah Arendt herself might have
been surprised to learn that after fifty years of deadening
controversy, it is a film that promises to provoke the serious public
debate she sought in publishing her book.
Arendt (14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German-born political
theorist. Though often described as a philosopher, she rejected that
label on the grounds that philosophy is concerned with "man in the
singular" and instead described herself as a political theorist because
her work centers on the fact that "men, not Man, live on the earth and
inhabit the world". As an assimilated Jew, she escaped Europe during the
Holocaust and became an American citizen. Her works deal with the
nature of power, and the subjects of politics, direct democracy,
authority, and totalitarianism.
Hannah Arendt herself might have
been surprised to learn that after fifty years of deadening
controversy, it is a film that promises to provoke the serious public
debate she sought in publishing her book.
