PBS

Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny

Discover Hannah Arendt, one of the most fearless political writers of modern times. Discover Hannah Arendt, one of the most fearless political thinkers of the 20th century, who transformed her time as ...
PBS

How Hannah Arendt developed the concept of "the banality of evil"

Hannah Arendt came up with the concept of “the banality of evil” during the trial of Adolf Eichmann. Hannah Arendt came up with the concept of “the banality of evil” during her coverage of the 1961 ...
The Washington Post

This writer warned us about tyranny years ago. Will we listen now?

A photograph of German American philosopher Hannah Arendt printed on a silk screen at the German Historical Museum in Berlin in May 2020. (John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images) As America braces for ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: The ‘banality of evil’ described by political theorist Hannah Arendt is taking hold in the United States

To the editor: I read with deep sadness the article by Jackie Calmes reflecting on the writings of Hannah Arendt (“What Hannah Arendt saw in Hitler’s Germany, we can see in Trump’s America,” April 10) ...
The New York Times

From 1975: Hannah Arendt, Political Scientist, Is Dead at 69

She caused controversy with books like “Eichmann in Jerusalem,” published in 1963, which grew out of her coverage of Adolf Eichmann’s trial for The New Yorker. By David Bird This obituary was ...