I was born in Germany in 1906 and studied philosophy at University of Marburg with Martin Heidegger. My jewish faith prevented me from gaining a teaching position in Nazi Germany. In 1941 I fled Europe for the United States on an illegal visa with my husband Heinrich Blcher. I became the first woman to become a full professor at Princeton University in 1959.I have authored many books and articles, teasing out the anti-semetic common ground between soviet communism and nazism, arguing that true freedom is the collective political action of a community, and arguing that evil may derive from a lack of thought rather than radicalism.
My Interests
Being brilliant, chain smoking, philosophy, politics, responsibility, writing
I'd like to meet:
Plato, Emmanuel Kant
Music:
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Books:
The Origins of Totalitarianism, The Human Condition, Eichman in Jerusalem, Men in Dark Times
My Blog
100 years!
Wow, has it really been that long? So much has happened, WWI, WWII, the rise of totalitarianism, the fall of totalitarianism, globalization, the advent of high technology making wars even more d... Posted by Hannah on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:34:00 PST
Immigration, Free Trade, and Dark Times
The recent debate over immigration brings me back to my essay on Karl Jaspers featured in my book, Men in Dark Times. Much has changed since I wrote that essay, but much still applies. Th... Posted by Hannah on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:11:00 PST
Reexamining Evil
The recent trial of Zacharias Moussoui has forced me to think about my previous writings about the banality of evil and the Eichman trial that brought me to the conclusions I made in "Eichman in Jerus... Posted by Hannah on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:43:00 PST
