Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Date: June 30, 2015
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Documentary, History
Length: 2h 8min
User Score: 74%
Description: 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.

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Alison Darcy

Alison Darcy

Richard Bernstein

Richard Bernstein

Jerome Kohn

Jerome Kohn

Steven Asheim

Steven Asheim

Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

Leon Botstein

Leon Botstein

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