Hannah Arendt

There are three types of governments that focus on taking complete control over people’s livelihood and freedom; the three governments are totalitarianism, fascism, and socialism. The main topic of this assignment is not fascism or socialism, it is totalitarianism. A totalitarian society is ruled by a dictator that takes control over everyone’s way of living. Of course, this seems a little impossible to do. How can a government make sure everyone is doing what they are told to do? Well, it is…

concept that a few readings had between them was that determining whether or not being on planet Earth makes us human. Arendt writes, “The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition, and earthly nature, for all we know, may be unique in the universe in providing human beings with a habitat in which they can move and breathe without effort and without artifice” (Arendt 2). In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the same concept is challenged. Ultimately, I think that Earth has become…

consumer of knowledge that can transform into a commodity. His idea regarding the ownership of knowledge or idea that became a substantial change from the ways of knowledge that was regarded from the past or earlier generations and the modernity period. Hannah Arendt’s themes are: the theory of political…

yearn for, whether it be from family, friends or a relation with more of an intimate intent. Through personal experiences and beliefs, along with the reading of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in class and personal readings of the Human Condition by Hannah Arendt, I came to the conclusion that a person cannot reach their full potential, find happiness or simply live without some type of human connection or love in their hearts. With love in our hearts we can thrive and grow, when love goes absent…

Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, for the Purpose of raising a Revenue, by Act of Parliament was a primary document written by Daniel Dulany in 1765. To give some context, this was around the time that the colonies and the British began to have hostility and tensions between them. In this document, Dulany writes about how the English government was treating the colonies unfairly and too harshly. Dulany never uses the word Stamp Act, but it is strongly…

The “siècle des Lumières” and accompanying French Revolution were, and often still are, characterized as mass movements of antagonism towards faith and religion. As the Catholic faith of the old regime crumbled, the revolutionary spirit of the time promised to do away with orthodoxy and create a new egalitarian society based on freedom. Ideas like these were fueled by the French philosophes, with thinkers like Voltaire referring to orthodox religion as “the mother of fanaticism and civil…

EUDAIMONIA: Happiness In Ancient Greece “The ultimate end of human acts is Eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it.” – Hannah Arendt When you hear someone say they want to be happy, what do they mean? Rather than the colloquial use of the word, true happiness is regarded as something much higher and respected universally as one of the few goals in life we should strive for. This desire for self-satisfaction…

Since the day we are born, we are always learning new things, whether it be language, simple body motions, or more complex tasks such as penmanship or sports. We are constantly striving to gain more knowledge. Education begins while children are in a vulnerable state and trust that whatever their parents do is the ‘right’ way to do things. Once children start their education in the real world, attending school, there are many different ways they are taught in the thirteen years they attend a…

citizenship. The verdict undoubtedly supported the position of the rights of the citizen as superior to the will of the government on this occasion. Warren took his lead on this subject from the acclaimed Hannah Arendt. Writing in post WW2 Arendt, the German born political theorist was a pioneer in relating…

would differentiate between combatants and non-combatants during time of war. Ultimately, as the idea of human suffering became a fundamentally vital component of human rights discourse, the concept of revolutionary humanitarianism proposed by Hannah Arendt during the 1920’s emerged as a viable mechanism that could both afford basic rights to individuals caught in a combat zone and circumvent human…