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  1. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    A mixture of gullibility and cynicism had been an outstanding characteristic of mob mentality before it became an everyday phenomenon of masses. In an ever-changing, incomprehensible, world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything is possible and that nothing was true. The mixture in itself was remarkable enough, because it spelled the end of the illusion that gullibility was a weakness of unsuspecting primitive souls and cynicism the vice of superior and refined minds.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    The Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 3, ch. 11 “The Totalitarian Movement,” sec. 2 (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/41872/

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  2. Im Februar 2026 wurde die Dissertation von Alice Watanabe zum Thema „Forschen in Fragmenten“ mit dem #dghd-Nachwuchspreis ausgezeichnet. Einen Einblick in ihr Forschung bietet der Beitrag „Theoretische Tauchgänge. Hannah #Arendt und ihr fragmentarisches Denken als Wegweiser für Abduktion und die #Hochschuldidaktik“, der Teil ihrer kumulativen Arbeit ist.
    #diehochschullehre #wbvMedia #Abduktion #Bildungsforschung

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  3. A quotation from Hannah Arendt

    In a courtroom there is no system on trial, no History or historical trend, no ism, anti-Semitism for instance, but a person, and if the defendant happens to be a functionary, he stands accused precisely because even a functionary is still a human being, and it is in this capacity that he stands trial.

    Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
    Essay (1964-08), “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship,” The Listener Magazine

    More info about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/46000/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #eichmann #accountability #collectiveguilt #functionary #group #guilt #humanbeing #ideology #individual #justice #responsibility #trial #warcrimes #crimesagainsthumanity

  4. Hannah #Arendt habe in #VitaActiva den #Prozess #analysiert, der den #Homo #Laborans und mit ihm das #biologisch​e #Leben ins #Zentrum der #politisch​en #Bühne rückt, und damit einhergehend die #Veränderung und den #Niedergang des #öffentlich​en #Raum​es.

    Giorgio #Agamben: #Homo #Sacer, Die #souverän​e #Macht und das #nackt​e #Leben, S.13