Hannah Arendt Philosopher

Johanna "Hannah" Arendt (/ˈɛərənt/ or /ˈɑrənt/; German: [ˈaːʀənt]; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German-born political theorist. Though often described as a philosopher, she rejected that label on the grounds that philosophy is concerned with "man in the singular" and instead described herself as a political theorist because her work centers on the fact that "men, not Man, live on the earth and inhabit the world." As an assimilated Jew, she escaped Europe during the Holocaust and became an American citizen. Her works deal with the nature of power, and the subjects of politics, direct democracy, authority, and totalitarianism. The Hannah Arendt Prize is named in her honor.

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Alias (AKA)	arendt Johanna
Birth date	October 14, 1906
Birth place	German Empire , Linden-Limmer
Date of death	December 04, 1975
Era	20th-century philosophy
Main interest	Political philosophy Philosophy of history Modernity

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influenced	Julia Kristeva Giorgio Agamben Seyla Benhabib Elisabeth Young-Bruehl Mario Kopić
influenced by	Socrates Augustine of Hippo Immanuel Kant Martin Heidegger Walter Benjamin Karl Jaspers Bernard Lazare
notable idea	Homo faber Eichmann in Jerusalem The Human Condition (book) Auctoritas
philosophical school	Continental philosophy