Research Paper On Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt was born on October 14, 1906 in Hanover Wilhelmine, Germany as the only child of Paul and Martha Arendt. From a very young age Arendt developed a passion for reading especially when it came to theology. It was from this passion that gave her the inspiration to major in theology at the University of Marburg with Rudolf Bultmann. In September of 1929, Arendt received her doctoral degree from the University of Heidelberg. The life of Hannah Arendt exemplifies excellence. This can be seen throughout her work in philosophy. theology and political and humanitarian activity.

As a philosopher, Hannah Arendt created a compilation themes to explain her political philosophy. Within the compilation are four major themes that revolve around her theories of action, citizenship, modernity, and judgment. Through Arendt’s theory of action she is able to create a concept of “participatory democracy which stands in direct contrast to the bureaucratized and elitist forms of politics so

The first way being that both women saw the flaws in society. Hannah Arendt saw the artificiality of society and how people act based off of how other want them to, and also how society has the power to cause change but we just have to want it in order for it to happen. She also makes it clear that we should stop living in the past because it hinders us from fully living in the present. Angela Davis also shares this basic ideal, she believes all humans are created equal and that women have endured just as much as men and should be seen as equals. She also believes that women are not weaker than men until they believe they are. The way in which these two women are different is that Angela Davis was a black feminist that discussed her side in order to further the Civil rights movement and to call for equality amongst genders. Arendt was a philosopher that wanted to share her views and her ideal image of how society should