Hannah Arendt is considered one of the most influential political theorists in the 20th century. She analyzed topics concerning anti-Semitism, discrimination, evil, and how societies function. Like most people, her life very much influences her thoughts and actions. An example of this is Arendt’s mother Martha Arendt who taught her not to withstand the anti-Semitism that occurred post World War One in Germany. This caused Arendt to transform into a headstrong woman that “when attacked as a Jew, one
ETHICS AND POLITICS TERM PAPER “Mankind, whether a religious or humanistic ideal, implies a common sharing of responsibility.” Hannah Arendt This term paper seeks to delve into the question of ethics inherent in the conceptualization of citizenship. Political theorists Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau grappled with the issue of identifying the grounds to justify membership in political space. This question of ascertaining who is a citizen becomes important in the context of increase in migration, nationalist
study of international law. His book Politics Among Nations was published in 1948.He wrote about international politics and United States foreign policy. He had some similarity with many renowned intellectuals of his time such as Reinhold Niebuhr, Hannah Arendt and George F. Kennan. Morgan Thau was a consultant in U.S. Department of State when Kennan headed policy planning staff in the cold war time and a second time during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations but then he was dismissed