Hannah Arendt (Leaving Cert Politics and Society): Flashcards
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Hannah Arendt (identity & dates)
Hannah Arendt (identity & dates)
German-Jewish political theorist, 1906-1975
When Arendt fled Nazi Germany
When Arendt fled Nazi Germany
1933
How Arendt identified herself
How Arendt identified herself
Political theorist, not philosopher
Totalitarianism (Arendt's view)
Totalitarianism (Arendt's view)
Distinct form using terror, propaganda, all-encompassing ideology
3 human activities ('The Human Condition')
3 human activities ('The Human Condition')
Labour, Work, Action
Labour (Arendt's definition)
Labour (Arendt's definition)
Basic survival activities - food, shelter
Work (Arendt's definition)
Work (Arendt's definition)
Creating durable objects that outlast individual lives
Action (Arendt's definition)
Action (Arendt's definition)
Highest activity - engagement in public sphere
Banality of evil
Banality of evil
Evil often banal, not monstrous - ordinary people follow orders
Eichmann's character (Arendt's view)
Eichmann's character (Arendt's view)
Ordinary bureaucrat who followed orders, not fanatical villain
Power (Arendt's definition)
Power (Arendt's definition)
Emerges when people act together collectively
Violence (Arendt's definition)
Violence (Arendt's definition)
Instrumental & destructive - failure of politics
Freedom (Arendt's view)
Freedom (Arendt's view)
Participating in public life, shaping collective decisions