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Hannah Arendt and Frantz Fanon: violence, empire and the nature of evil — Paddy Docherty

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In this paper I will introduce two of the most stimulating and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century: the political theorist and refugee from Nazi Germany, Hannah Arendt, and the psychiatrist and anticolonial militant, Frantz Fanon. We will look at some of their key works, themes, and some areas of overlap between them, as well as considering their different outlooks and some associated problems. Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt – life and works Born in 1906 to a middle class, secular Jewish family in Germany, Hannah Arendt excelled at school, though also demonstrated something of a rebellious streak. In the 1920s she studied philosophy at the universities of Berlin, Marburg and Heidelberg, including under the leading philosophers Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers and Edmund Husserl; in 1929 she submitted her doctoral thesis on the nature of love in the work of St Augustine. Despite this strong background in philosophy, however, in later life she consistently refused the label “philo

Nov 29 Nov 29 Hannah Arendt and Frantz Fanon: violence, empire and the nature of evil Paul Docherty A textual introduction by Paddy Docherty Originally presented to Readings in Political Philosophy, Strathmore University , Nairobi March 2021 Introduction In this paper I will introduce two of the most stimulating and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century: the political theorist and refugee from Nazi Germany, Hannah Arendt, and the psychiatrist and anticolonial militant, Frantz Fanon. We will look at some of their key works, themes, and some areas of overlap between them, as well as co

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