HANNAH ARENDT (IN ENGLISH)

Hannah Arendt was an important German philosopher and political theorist of Jewish origin. She is considered one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century. His works stand out in the analysis and combative criticism of totalitarian regimes and social violence.

Birth: Hannah Arendt was born in the city of Linden (Germany) on October 14, 1906.

 

Love life: Married twice. She was the wife of Günther Anders (between 1929 and 1937) and Heinrich Blücher (between 1940 and 1970).

Education: - Graduated in Philosophy at the University of Marburg (Germany). His doctorate was from the University of Heidelberg (Germany). She was a university professor.

Political Position: In 1933, he assumed the position of struggle against National Socialism in Germany. He emigrated to the United States with the rise of Nazism in Germany. In the USA, in 1951, the United States was nationalized.

Death: He died on December 4, 1975, aged 69, in New York City (United States). The cause of death was myocardial infarction.

 

Main ideas and lines of analysis in his works

Hannah Arendt stood out for developing an innovative form of political reflection. In this sense, she challenged traditional and conventional concepts such as, for example, the question of the existence of right and left in politics.

In 1951, he released his first book: Origins of Totalitarianism. In it, she analyzed the origins of the totalitarian regimes of Hitler (in Germany) and Stalin (in the Soviet Union), pointing them out as new political phenomena. Arendt claims that these regimes used terror as a form of ideological imposition on society.

Hannah Arendt analyzed the various social elements that explain how society (German and Soviet) “accepted” the atrocities carried out by totalitarian states.

He analyzed the roots of modern society. In this sense, the analysis of the meanings that societies attribute to politics and existence stands out.

Addressed the issue of power in societies.

Hannah Arendt's main works:

The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)

The Human Condition (1958)

Between Past and Future (1961)

From the Revolution (1963)

Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963)

On Violence (1970)

Men in Dark Times (1974)

The Life of the Spirit (1977)

A Political Promise (1993) – collection of unpublished texts published after his death.