Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
(2015-06-30)
2015-06-30 • DocumentaryHistory • 2h 8m
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt (2015-06-30)
2015-06-30 • DocumentaryHistory • 2h 8m
Overview
The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, the banality of evil, in her 1963 book on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann (1906-62), held in Israel in 1961, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine.
Overview
The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, the banality of evil, in her 1963 book on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann (1906-62), held in Israel in 1961, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine.
