Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

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2015-06-30

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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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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2015-06-30

Runtime

128

Director

Ada Ushpiz

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English

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AU Films

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    Alison Darcy

    Alison Darcy
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    Richard Bernstein

    Richard Bernstein
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    Jerome Kohn

    Jerome Kohn
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    Steven Asheim

    Steven Asheim
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    Aharon Appelfeld

    Aharon Appelfeld
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    Leon Botstein

    Leon Botstein
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    Idith Zertal

    Idith Zertal
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    Ramin Jahanbegloo

    Ramin Jahanbegloo
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    Gertrude Heidegger

    Gertrude Heidegger
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    Emmanuel Faye

    Emmanuel Faye
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    Deborah Lipstadt

    Deborah Lipstadt
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    Judith Butler

    Judith Butler
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    Khaled Furani

    Khaled Furani
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    Yehuda Bauer

    Yehuda Bauer
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    Adi Ophir

    Adi Ophir
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    Roger Errera

    Roger Errera
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    Edna Brocke

    Edna Brocke
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    Adolf Eichmann

    Adolf Eichmann
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    Gideon Hausnet

    Gideon Hausnet
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    Hannah Arendt

    Hannah Arendt
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    Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler
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    Hans Jonas

    Hans Jonas
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    Hermann Göring

    Hermann Göring
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    Otto Ohlendorf

    Otto Ohlendorf
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    Martin Heidegger

    Martin Heidegger