Arendt's Charm

Josue 2022-04-20 09:02:23

With Arendt's knowledge, upbringing, talent, and character, he is complete and complete, and he will naturally shine when he stands in the crowd. Arendt happens to be not only intellectual, but emotional. In the early years, he read a lot of poetry and philosophy. He has a profound humanistic background and a sensitive and delicate mind. After that, he devoted himself to the public domain and engaged in the research of political philosophy, which was almost monopolized by men. What is the charm of Hannah, who is famous all over the world? In the biographical film "Arendt", a German intellectual who was exiled to the United States during World War II formed a friendly intellectual circle around Arendt. As a correspondent for The New Yorker, Arendt personally participated in the trial of Nazi commander Eichmann and put forward the shocking concept of "banal evil". She wrote reviews for The New Yorker magazine, which she later published as Eichmann in Jerusalem. It is precisely because of this book that Arendt was turned against by relatives and friends, cast aside by everyone, and was in a difficult situation. Under the harsh public opinion environment at that time, it is difficult to imagine that this book will become a well-known classic in the field of humanities and social sciences in many years. Although the concept of "banality and evil" still has many disputes, its shining brilliance can never be erased. . As a scholar, Arendt is only faithful to his own rational judgment, his writing is not influenced by external public opinion, and he always adheres to the bottom line of intellectuals; as a friend, Arendt is warm and friendly, witty, alert, cheerful and generous. Although he has experienced a lot of pain and darkness, he still retains his inner noble nature; as a wife, Arendt is gentle and considerate, charming and charming. When getting along with her husband Heinrich, he changed his academic rationality and rigor, showing the tenderness of women; as a lover, Arendt tried his best to cooperate with Heidegger and carefully concealed the fact of extramarital affairs. After experiencing ruthless abandonment and betrayal, and being familiar with Heidegger's personality flaws, he still helped him and redeemed him regardless of previous suspicions.

The world loves gossip. In the field of humanities, this extramarital affair between Heidegger and Arendt is particularly eye-catching. But of course we know that lace news can easily hurt two full and intellectual minds, and they cannot escape the fate of being simplified, obliterated, and over-consumed. But what exactly have we learned from the two philosophers?

Love is the eternal topic of life, but it is not the only topic of life. The light of intellect and the fire of lust have also ignited the passion of life.

Ms. Cui Weiping's article "A Defense of Arendt" is actually more like a defense of Heidegger's injustice. In all fairness, Hai's situation after World War II, although unfair, was mostly self-inflicted. Heidegger's personality flaws that could not be erased were repaired by Arendt in his later years. For Arendt, perhaps this charming man who once shaped her spiritual world not only appeared in front of her eyes as a teacher at first, but also participated in Arendt as her father, brother, confidant, lover, etc. life. The notch is deep and permanent. Heidegger was always the person Arendt wanted to keep but did not keep, an incomplete circle, a tiny crack in life. Fortunately, Arendt's affectionate feelings eventually evolved into a deep friendship, which was strictly limited to friends, otherwise the goddess could still be abused.

From the plot point of view, the relationship between Arendt and Heinrich is strong and powerful. This relationship is soft, delicate, warm, healing, a marriage of equality and tenderness. In this relationship, Arendt is kept intact, she receives and she gives.

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  • Rosalind 2022-03-17 09:01:08

    Taking the Nuremberg Trial to point to the face, through the trial of Eichmann's mediocre evil, it refers to the fundamental problems of the entire modern society. The abandonment of personal thinking and judgment is more due to consumerism in the West. In the East, there is not only consumerism, but also the worship of power and the coercion of Big Brother.

  • Corene 2022-03-28 09:01:12

    Every individual who participates in totalitarianism is not a heinous person, but they give up thinking and go with the flow, and obey for fear and profit. Essentially, the assholes licking the "Chinese Dream", "no politics today" and this raccoon dog.

Hannah Arendt quotes

  • Hannah Arendt: Eichmann is no Mephistopheles.

  • Adolf Eichmann: An officer swears an oath of allegiance. If he breaks this oath, then he is a rogue. I still hold this view. I have taken an oath here to tell the truth. That was how I viewed things then, too: An oath is an oath.