Hannah-Arendt-Forum 2025: Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Thomas Meyer

In the organizer's words:

"It is important to be completely present."
Reflections on Hannah Arendt's life and work on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of her death

Hannah Arendt prefaced her analysis of the origins and elements of total domination with this quote from Karl Jasper. She held on to this sentence throughout her life. It followed her conviction, based on her own experience, that dangers and opportunities for the individual and humanity can only be recognized through political vigilance. This attitude in turn requires knowledge of the philosophical tradition as well as the willingness to revise insights as a result of events. Hannah Arendt summed up her conviction in the sentence "I do not believe that there is any thought process that is possible without personal experience."

• Philosopher Thomas Meyer will explore this connection in his lecture. He is Professor of Philosophy at LMU Munich and editor of a 12-volume edition of Hannah Arendt's writings. In 2023, he published a highly acclaimed biography of Hannah Arendt, which is currently being translated into twenty languages.
  
• Moderation:
  Prof. Dr. Jörg Ganzenmüller, Director of the Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Research e. V. at the TU Dresden from 1.12.2025

In cooperation with the Hannah Arendt Institute Dresden and the Federal Agency for Civic Education

Price information:

Reduced admission for: Pupils and trainees over the age of 16, students, citizens' allowance recipients, asylum seekers, people in the Federal Voluntary Service or FSJ, holders of the volunteer pass and severely disabled people with a degree of disability of 50% or more