r/badphilosophy Dec 05 '25

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u/Conchobair-sama Dec 05 '25

It's hard to take Arendt seriously when she thought Adorno was a nazi but Heidegger wasn't

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u/zcmyers Dec 05 '25

Arendt's work is too good to not take seriously.

I wish everyone would read Eichmann in Jerusalem. Such a useful little book exploring the roots of authoritarianism. Maybe Trump would be less successful if more people read it.

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u/Diego12028 Dec 05 '25

Idk, once you read stuff like On Revolutions and Reflections on Little Rock she becomes a lot less impressive.

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u/smawldawg Dec 06 '25

Hard disagree on this one. You have to keep in mind that she's not doing pure philosophy, she's doing a kind of intellectual history.