Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
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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Hannah Arendt (voice)
Alison DarcySelf - Arendt's Friend
Richard BernsteinSelf - Arendt's Assistant
Jerome KohnSelf - Professor
Steven AsheimSelf - Writer
Aharon AppelfeldSelf - Arendt's Student
Leon BotsteinSelf - Historian
Idith ZertalSelf - Iranian Dissident
Ramin JahanbeglooSelf - Heidegger's Granddaughter
Gertrude HeideggerSelf - Philosopher
Emmanuel Faye
Alison DarcySelf - Arendt's Friend
Richard BernsteinSelf - Arendt's Assistant
Jerome KohnSelf - Professor
Steven AsheimSelf - Writer
Aharon AppelfeldSelf - Arendt's Student
Leon BotsteinSelf - Historian
Idith ZertalSelf - Iranian Dissident
Ramin JahanbeglooSelf - Heidegger's Granddaughter
Gertrude HeideggerSelf - Philosopher
Emmanuel Faye
