A hannah arendt biography english
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Hannah Arendt
Johanna "Hannah" Arendt (14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a German-born political philosopher.
Early life
[change | change source]She was born in Hanover in western Germany but grew up largely in Königsberg in East Prussia.
She studied at the University of Marburg under philosopher Martin Heidegger and at the University of Heidelberg under philosopher Karl Jaspers.
A hannah arendt biography english
Because of her Jewish background she fled from Nazi Germany in the 1930s, and settled in the United States in 1941 (she became an American citizen in 1950).
Career
[change | change source]Arendt was also active as a journalist and a university professor.
She didn't like to be called philosopher, and also didn't like the term political philosophy. In 1959, she was the first woman to teach at Princeton University.
Between 1963 and 1967 she taught at University of Chicago, and from 1975 at The New School, in New York.
Arendt is best known for two major works that had a large impact:&