Join us for a discussion of the political philosophy of Hannah Arendt, with two foremost scholars of Arendt’s life and work: Professor Thomas Meyer and Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge.  

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) is among the most renowned thinkers of the twentieth century. Arendt’s major works— The Origins of Totalitarianism, The Human Condition, Eichmann in Jerusalem, On Revolution, and The Life of the Mind— addressed the meaning of being human and political freedom in the midst of diminishing space for public action and independent thought in ‘modern’ times. Arendt was also a prolific essayist, writing in both English and German on topics as varied as the writings of Franz Kafka, culture and tradition, statelessness, civil disobedience, and the poetry of W. H. Auden. Drawing on Meyer and Stonebridge’s recent biographies of Arendt, the conversation will address the persistent themes of Arendt’s life and writings. 

Event: Tuesday May 13, 4pm onwards