In 1942 she wrote an article on the Dreyfus Affair which she saw as a dress rehearsal for Nazism. In addition, by analyzing the sources she used, I found many anti-Semitic, far-right and Nazi authors.Īppearing at the end of the 19th century, anti-Semitism was built on anti-Judaism, which had existed throughout Europe since the Middle Ages.īut Hannah Arendt minimizes this anti-Judaism. She starts from preconceived ideas that she never tries to compare with the works she could then have at her disposal. She did not receive the necessary training, her teacher Heidegger having himself even a certain contempt for history. I tried to understand the reason for this starting from what she could know when she wroteĪt the end of the 1940s. When one studies historical phenomena, whether one is a historian or a philosopher, one must respect a certain number of rules. You criticize the lack of historical foundations in Hannah Arendt's analyzes of anti-Semitism.ĭidn't she want to favor a philosophical approach

I am not intervening here as a philosopher but as a historian.Ĭontains a large number of completely false historical assertions. I undertook this approach because this book has never been the subject of a historical study.Īlthough she is a philosopher, Hannah Arendt ventures into the realms of history.

Why did you consider this proofreading necessary , the first volume of Hannah Arendt's trilogy, In your book, you undertake a rereading of Was published by PUF - Questions Républicains in April 2023 ( Hannah Arendt and the Jewish Question: For a Rereading, He is the author of numerous books such as Michel Dreyfus is a historian and research director emeritus at the CNRS.

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