Hannah Arendt – Die Biografie

„Ich glaube nicht, dass es irgendeinen Denkvorgang gibt, der ohne persönliche Erfahrung möglich ist. Alles Denken ist Nachdenken, der Sache nach – denken.“ This quote forms the red thread in Thomas Meyer’s biography of Hannah Arendt. He is guided by it when Meyer, with the help of newly discovered sources, retraces and interprets the life of Hannah Arendt, from Königsberg to New York, from her dissertation on Augustin to her unfinished magnum opus „Vom Leben des Geistes“. His biography shines a light on the fascination and criticism her persona and writing provoked throughout her life and makes the phenomenon that is „Hannah Arendt“ accessible to all readers.