Date of Award
Spring 2022
Degree Type
Thesis
Department
History
Director of Thesis
Dr. Carol Harrison
First Reader
Dr. Doyle Stevick
Second Reader
Dr. Doyle Stevick
Abstract
This thesis explores the lives of Hannah Arendt, specifically her image as a celebrity intellectual before 1995 and variant Arendtian protagonists which arose after 1995, with the publishing of Elżbita Ettinger’s Hannah Arendt/Martin Heidegger. Ettinger’s book was the first of its kind to explore their love letters and create from them a narrative of scandal, passion, and paradox. Before 1995, Arendt’s image was secure as a well-respected philosopher and guide for Vergangenheitsbewältigung. After 1995, Arendt’s image and legacy fragmented as artists and academics tried to make sense of how the celebrated philosopher could have had an affair with a Nazi.
First Page
1
Last Page
74
Recommended Citation
Johansson, Gabrielle G., "Hannah Arendt and the Lives of the Female Intellectual Celebrity: Public Imagery and Storytelling Before and Since 1995" (2022). Senior Theses. 556.
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/senior_theses/556
Rights
© 2022, Gabrielle G Johansson