Language:
German
Year of publication:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
Babylon; Beiträge zur jüdischen Gegenwart
Angaben zur Quelle:
22 (2007) 72-86
Keywords:
Arendt, Hannah,
;
Varnhagen, Rahel,
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
Sketches Arendt's early life, noting her mother's instructions to stand up to antisemitism. Discusses her book on Rahel Varnhagen and its relevance to the problem of the identity of the German Jews in Arendt's own times. Arendt appreciated Varnhagen's affirmation of her Jewishness in her last years, after she had tried to deny it for most of her life. Analyzes Arendt's theory of the nation state as a barrier to totalitarianism and as defender of human rights, including those of the Jews.
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