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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

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The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, the banality of evil, in her 1963 book on the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann (1906-62), held in Israel in 1961, which she covered for the New Yorker magazine.

Cast

A Alison Darcy Hannah Arendt (voice) R Richard Bernstein Self - Arendt's Friend J Jerome Kohn Self - Arendt's Assistant S Steven Asheim Self - Professor Aharon Appelfeld Self - Writer L Leon Botstein Self - Arendt's Student