Vita Activa covers the entire span of philosopher Hannah Arendt’s remarkable life. As a student of Karl Jaspers and a lover of Martin Heidegger, the young Arendt participated fully in the most elite circles of the German intellectual scene. Her later espousal in Eichmann in Jerusalem of the controversial concept of the banality of evil brought her both international fame and intense criticism. This film pairs Arendt’s ideas with the reflections of many thinkers who knew her or were influenced by her, and it embeds her philosophical journey within a wealth of archival footage to a powerful cumulative effect.
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