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In a new documentary, Hannah Arendt becomes the patron saint of anti-fascism

JL;DR SUMMARY Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny, a new documentary by Jeff Bieber, challenges the public's simplified perception of Arendt as merely a 'Holocaust philosopher,' instead highlighting her expansive intellectual contributions and complex personal life. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustJewish IdentityDocumentaryFascismHannah ArendtTotalitarianismMartin HeideggerAnti FascismIntellectual Legacy

Places mentioned

Germany
"German-Jewish thinkers book The Origins of Totalitarianism has made for a handy resource in comparing Trumps tactics to Hitlers strategies for taking power."
New York, United States
"once she immigrated to New York, including sharp criticism of McCarthyism and the Nixon presidency, and her concerns over the removal of naturalized citizens from America."
Jerusalem, Israel
"And it covers the controversy that arose from Arendts famed account of the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem."

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