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Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) was one of the most influential political philosophers of the twentieth century. Her works had a major impact both within and outside the academic community. She generated a wide-ranging debate on the nature and historical antecedents of totalitarianism. Born into a German-Jewish family, she was forced to leave Germany in 1933. In 1941 she immigrated to the United States. She held academic positions at various American universities until her death in 1975.
