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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

📅 2015🌐 ENMovie

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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.

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🎬 Type: Movie

📅 Year: 2015

Rating: 7.3/10

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Alison Darcy

Hannah Arendt (voice)

Richard Bernstein

Self - Arendt's Friend

Jerome Kohn

Self - Arendt's Assistant

Steven Asheim

Self - Professor

Aharon Appelfeld profile photo

Aharon Appelfeld

Self - Writer

Leon Botstein

Self - Arendt's Student

Idith Zertal

Self - Historian

Ramin Jahanbegloo

Self - Iranian Dissident

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