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 Hannah Arendt (1906-1975)
Hannah Arendt (1906, Hanover – 1975, New York) studied philosophy, theology, and Greek with Heidegger, Bultmann, and Jaspers, the latter supervising her doctoral thesis in 1928. In 1933 she immigrated to Paris, in 1941 to New York. Stripped of her citizenship by the Nazi regime in 1937, she was stateless until she received U.S. citizenship in 1951. Arendt worked as a journalist, literary author, and university professor, publishing key works on political philosophy. In her later years, she declined to be referred to as a “philosopher”. She was also critical of the term “political philosophy”, preferring “political theory.”
Many of Arendt’s books and essays have appeared in different versions in English and German (see below). Some of her works she translated herself, others were translated by professional translators and then corrected by Arendt. Her friend Mary McCarthy proofread some of the works she wrote in English. In some cases, books were preceded by advance excerpts in magazines, mainly in the United States, West Germany, and France. In her lectures, too, Arendt referred to themes of her subsequent works and discussed passages with her students prior to their publication.
Selected publications
“Report from Germany,” in: Commentary magazine, New York 1950
“Besuch in Deutschland,” translated by Eike Geisel, in: Marie Luise Knott (Ed.), Zur Zeit. Politische Essays, Hamburg 1986 / 1999
Rahel Varnhagen. The Life of a Jewess, London 1958
Rahel Varnhagen. Lebensgeschichte einer deutschen Jüdin aus der Romantik, Munich 1959 / 1998
The Origins of Totalitarianism, New York 1951
Elemente und Ursprünge totaler Herrschaft, Frankfurt 1955 / Munich 2003
The Human Condition, Chicago 1958
Vita activa oder vom tätigen Leben, Stuttgart 1960 / Munich 1967
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, New York 1963
Eichmann in Jerusalem. Ein Bericht von der Banalität des Bösen, Munich 1964 / 1986
On Violence, New York / London 1970
Macht und Gewalt, Munich 1970
Vor Antisemitismus ist man nur noch auf dem Monde sicher: Beiträge für die deutsch-jüdische Emigrantenzeitung „Aufbau“ 1941–1945, Marie Luise Knott (Ed.), Munich 2004
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Sources: Wikipedia; Eichmann in Jerusalem, Munich 1964 / 1986 |
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