Hannah Arendt

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Hannah Arendt was a German-born political theorist best known for her analyses of totalitarianism, authority, and the nature of evil in works such as "The Origins of Totalitarianism" and "Eichmann in Jerusalem."

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instanceOf human
philosopher
political theorist
writer
awardReceived Lessing Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Sonning Prize
burialPlace Bard College
causeOfDeath heart attack
citizenship France
Germany
United States of America
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfDeath United States of America
countryOfExile France
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1906-10-14
dateOfDeath 1975-12-04
describedIn Eichmann in Jerusalem
surface form: Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
doctoralAdvisor Karl Jaspers
doctoralThesis Love and Saint Augustine
educatedAt University of Freiburg NERFINISHED
University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED
University of Marburg NERFINISHED
employer New School for Social Research
Princeton University
University of Chicago
Wesleyan University
ethnicGroup Jewish people
familyName Hannah Arendt self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arendt
fieldOfWork philosophy
political theory
social theory
fledFrom Nazi Germany
genre essay
political philosophy
givenName Hannah
hasOccupation editor
journalist
professor
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
German
mainInterest authority
freedom
political action
revolution
the nature of evil
totalitarianism
movement political realism
republicanism
notableIdea banality of evil
the right to have rights
vita activa and vita contemplativa
notableWork Between Past and Future
Eichmann in Jerusalem
On Revolution
The Human Condition
The Life of the Mind
The Origins of Totalitarianism
placeOfBirth Hanover
Linden
placeOfDeath New York City
religion Judaism
sexOrGender female
spouse Günther Stern
Heinrich Blücher
studiedUnder Edmund Husserl
Karl Jaspers
Martin Heidegger
subjectOf Hannah Arendt (2012 film)
workLocation New York City

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