Two recent publications address the legacy of Hannah Arendt (1906-1975). The first, “Parias” (The Escape) by Marina Touilliez, traces the historical landscape within which the philosopher evolved. The second, “Thinking about what happens to us with Hannah Arendt” (The Observatory) by Bérénice Levet, places the philosopher’s questions in the light of our contemporary concerns.
Two books, two ways of approaching the legacy of Hannah d’Arendt, German philosopher, born in 1906, confronted with the most serious crises of the 20th centurye century which, through its testimony and its sharp, iconoclastic, daring thought, questions us in the face of this moral and civilizational collapse, on our personal responsibility and our capacity for action and resistance.
In the first attempt, Outcasts (The Escape), Marina Touilliez journalist, graduate in political science, retraces the life journey of Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) subjected to the great upheaval of history and a long wandering – because Jewish – across France and America.
