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| Hannah Arendt | |
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Hannah Arendt from a 1988 German stamp
among the Women in German history series |
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| Born | 14 October 1906 Linden, German Empire(present-day Hanover,Germany) |
| Died | 4 December 1975 (aged 69) New York City, United States |
| Nationality | Prussia (till 1937) (1951) |
| Alma mater | University of Marburg University of Heidelberg |
| Religion | Agnostic[1] |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy |
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Main interests
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Political theory, modernity,philosophy of history |
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Notable ideas
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Homo faber, animal laborans, the labor–work distinction,banality of evil, vita activa andvita contemplativa, praxis as the highest level of the vita activa,[2]auctoritas, natality[3] |
| Website | |
| www.hannaharendtcenter.org | |
Johanna "Hannah" Arendt[4] (/ˈɛərənt/ or /ˈɑrənt/; German: [ˈaːʀənt]; 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."[5]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, andtotalitarianism. The Hannah Arendt Prize is named in her honor.
