Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosophy of Hannah
Arendt in this episode of In Our Time.
Arendt in this episode of In Our Time.
Hannah Arendt developed many of
her ideas in response to the rise of totalitarianism in the 20th
century, partly informed by her own experience as a Jew in Nazi Germany
before her escape to France and then America.
her ideas in response to the rise of totalitarianism in the 20th
century, partly informed by her own experience as a Jew in Nazi Germany
before her escape to France and then America.
She wanted to understand
how politics had taken such a disastrous turn and, drawing on ideas of
Greek philosophers as well as her peers, what might be done to create a
better political life.
how politics had taken such a disastrous turn and, drawing on ideas of
Greek philosophers as well as her peers, what might be done to create a
better political life.
Often unsettling, she wrote of 'the banality of
evil' when covering the trial of Eichmann, one of the organisers of the
Holocaust.
evil' when covering the trial of Eichmann, one of the organisers of the
Holocaust.
The guests are Lyndsey Stonebridge, Professor of Modern
Literature and History at the University of East Anglia;
Literature and History at the University of East Anglia;
Frisbee
Sheffield, Lecturer in Philosophy at Girton College, University of
Cambridge; and
Sheffield, Lecturer in Philosophy at Girton College, University of
Cambridge; and
Robert Eaglestone, Professor of Contemporary Literature
and Thought at Royal Holloway, University London.
and Thought at Royal Holloway, University London.
The Producer is Simon
Tillotson.
Tillotson.
This is from an episode of In Our Time, a BBC Radio 4 program.
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