Arendt
OriginGermany/USA
Era1906
SchoolPolitical
About Arendt
The Banality of Evil from her coverage of the Eichmann trial is her most controversial idea. The Origins of Totalitarianism traced the roots of Nazi and Soviet regimes. A student and lover of Heidegger, their correspondence was published posthumously. Coined the phrase natality for the human capacity to begin something new.
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