Hannah Arendt

Author profile

born

October 14, 1906 in Linden, Germany

died

December 04, 1975

website

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/arendt/

genre

Philosophy, History, Politics

influences

Pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Jesus, Paul, Duns Scotus, S...more

About this author

edit data

Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) was one of the most influential political philosophers of the twentieth century. Born into a German-Jewish family, she was forced to leave Germany in 1933 and lived in Paris for the next eight years, working for a number of Jewish refugee organisations. In 1941 she immigrated to the United States and soon became part of a lively intellectual circle in New York. She held a number of academic positions at various American universities until her death in 1975. She is best known for two works that had a major impact both within and outside the academic community. The first, The Origins of Totalitarianism, published in 1951, was a study of the Nazi and Stalinist regimes that generated a wide-ranging debate on the nature...more

combine editions
Books by Hannah Arendt

Average rating: 4.16 · 8681 ratings · 606 reviews · 103 distinct works

	Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt, Amos Elon (contributor) 411 avg rating — 1972 ratings — published 1963 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt, Margaret Canovan (Introduction) 416 avg rating — 1160 ratings — published 1958 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Origins of Totalitarianism 419 avg rating — 1060 ratings — published 1951 — 32 editions	My rating:
	On Violence 388 avg rating — 452 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions	My rating:
	On Revolution by Hannah Arendt, Jonathan Schell (Introduction) 393 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 1956 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Life of the Mind by Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy (Editor) 414 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Between Past and Future by Hannah Arendt, Jerome Kohn 417 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1960 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Portable Hannah Arendt by Hannah Arendt, Peter Baehr 404 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Men in Dark Times 424 avg rating — 86 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Eichmann and the Holocaust 404 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:

More books by Hannah Arendt…

Quotes by Hannah Arendt

“The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.”
― Hannah Arendt

46 people liked it

“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”
― Hannah Arendt

41 people liked it

“Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.”
― Hannah Arendt

41 people liked it

See all Hannah Arendt's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
The Sword and Laser: Spoil? Blurred lines between good and evil	19	112	25 de Sep 23:31
100+ Books in 2012: Meghan's 2010 List	100	177	31 de Dic 23:37
Readers Against P...: Book Suggestions	79	53	28 de Jun 14:33
Around the World ...: Israel and Palestine	12	55	13 de Mar 12:51
Unknown Books? - ...: Suggest books here!	121	128	20 de Mar 21:56
The History Book ...: THE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE	74	141	18 de May 11:52
Around the World ...: Connie's Never-Ending Challenge	71	91	20 de May 20:32
One Million Pages...: Dimitra's One Million Pages	21	42	27 de May 14:28
Gigi's Company: The Last Letter Game (Book Titles)	1771	718	28 de May 16:48

More…

Hannah's Fans (122)

Hannah Arendt

Author profile

combine editionsBooks by Hannah Arendt

Quotes by Hannah Arendt

Topics Mentioning This Author

combine editions
Books by Hannah Arendt