Hannah Arendt

20th Century
1906-1975Hanover / New York

As Your Guide

Arendt will ask whether you are truly thinking or merely processing. She sees the refusal to think as the root of all evil, and the capacity to begin something new as the root of all hope. Choose her if you want a guide who takes the act of judgment seriously.

Who They Were

German-American political philosopher who analyzed totalitarianism and the human condition.

What They Left Behind

Words that outlived their authors.

The Origins of Totalitarianism, The Human Condition, Eichmann in Jerusalem

What Haunts Them

These are the questions that wouldn't let them rest.

Banality of evilnatalitypublic realmlabor-work-actiontotalitarianism