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Hannah Arendt

Also known as Johanna "Hannah" Arendt, Johanna "Hannah" Cohn Arendt, Hanna Arendt, Johanna Arendt, Hannah Arendt Blücher

German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

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Hannah Arendt was a philosopher, historian, writer, and political scientist. She was born in Hanover and died in the Upper West Side of New York City. Her occupations included academic roles at Princeton University, Northwestern University, Wesleyan University, and the University of California, Berkeley. She held a Doctor of Philosophy degree and was influenced by Edmund Husserl, Karl Jaspers, Martin Heidegger, and Edmund Burke. She studied under Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers.

Arendt was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the German Academy for Language and Literature, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She spoke German and English. Her notable works include *L'humaine condition* and *Den banala ondskan*. She was married to Günther Anders and Heinrich Blücher. She died of a myocardial infarction, which is classified as natural causes.

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Born: 14 October 1906
Died: 4 December 1975
Works: 293

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Set Grote Klassieken – Arendt en Seneca
Den banala ondskan
Hannah Arendt / Heinrich Blücher
L'humaine condition
Der Liebesbegriff bei Augustin

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Johanna
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Hanover
Place of death: New York City
Spouse: Heinrich Blücher
Occupation: resistance fighter
Educated at: Heidelberg University
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: German
Religion: Judaism
Academic degree: doctorate
Student of: Karl Jaspers
Doctoral student: Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
Field of work: non-fiction literature
Movement: phenomenology
Image: Hannah Arendt auf dem 1. Kulturkritikerkongress, Barbara Niggl Radloff, FM-2019-1-5-9-16 (cropped).jpg

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Commons category: Hannah Arendt
cause of death: myocardial infarction
date of birth: 1906-10-14
date of death: 1975-12-04
topic's main category: Category:Hannah Arendt
Commons gallery: Hannah Arendt
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
influenced by: Paul the Apostle
manner of death: natural causes
birth name: Johanna Arendt
name in native language: Hannah Arendt
writing language: English language
relative: Henriette Arendt
P8168: FIFA Club World Cup
IPA transcription: ˌhana ˈaːʁənt
P12674: Doris Schröder-Köpf
affiliation: Youth Aliyah
Commons Creator page: Hannah Arendt
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Encyclopedic overview

Hannah Arendt (born Johanna Arendt; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German and American historian and philosopher. She was one of the most influential political theorists of the twentieth century.

Her works cover a broad range of topics, but she is best known for those dealing with the nature of wealth, power, fame, and evil, as well as politics, direct democracy, authority, tradition, and totalitarianism. She is also remembered for the controversy surrounding the trial of Adolf Eichmann, for her attempt to explain how ordinary people become actors in totalitarian systems, which was considered by some an apologia, and for the phrase "the banality of evil". Her name appears in the names of journals, schools, scholarly prizes, humanitarian prizes, think-tanks, and streets; appears on stamps and monuments; and is attached to other cultural and institutional markers that commemorate her thought.

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