Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
2015
- Documentary
- History
7.4
15
June 30, 2015
2h 8m
Synopsis
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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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
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English, French, German, Hebrew
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Canada, Germany, Israel, Sweden
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