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  1. 3 days ago · While much has been made of Arendt's treatment of Eichmann, Ada Ushpiz, in her 2015 documentary Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt, placed it in a much broader context of the use of rationality to explain seemingly irrational historical events.

  2. 2 days ago · Augustine and Mozi are doubtlessly two of the most important theorists about love in the Western and Chinese traditions. Augustine has made a sharp distinction between caritas and cupiditas, whereas Mozi proposes the theory of impartial love (jian’ai 兼爱). Hannah Arendt has made her irreplaceable contribution to the understanding of the Augustinian concept of caritas in her work with the ...

  3. Jun 1, 2024 · In her book “The Vita Activa,” Arendt investigates the three fundamental activities that constitute human life: labor, work, and action. She delves into the meaning and significance of these activities and how they shape our existence.

  4. 4 days ago · In 2021, Hiruta published Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin: Freedom, Politics and Humanity, which has sparked renewed discussion on the two thinkers and their relationship.

  5. Jun 21, 2024 · Thus, Hannah Arendt's first escape from Nazi persecution was not merely a physical departure from imminent danger but a profound journey that shaped her evolving thoughts on tyranny, freedom, and the human spirit.

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  6. Jun 3, 2024 · Prompted in part by her experience reporting on the trial of Eichmann in Jerusalem, and conceived as a sequel to The Human Condition, her landmark study of the vita activa, The Life of the Mind focuses on what she considers as the three basic mental activities: thinking, willing, and judging, as well as their relations to the world ...

  7. Jun 20, 2024 · The Hannah Arendt Centre offers lectures, symposia and conferences on the work of Hannah Arendt and the intellectual history of the 20th century. The archive is open to the academic and general public by appointment, an advance registration is requested.