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Hannah Arendt is one of the most prominent philosophers and political theorists of the 20th century. Her writings cover many diverse topics of which the most known are the Christian caritas, the critique of totalitarianism, the analysis of practice, freedom and authority, the question of the banality of evil, the nature of the faculties of thinking, willing and judging, the history of philosophy, and the relationship between natality and indeterminism. As a thinker of multidimensional argumentation Arendt draws inspiration from Aristotle, Augustine, Kant, Nietzsche, Marx, Jaspers, Heidegger and Kafka just to mention a few. Moreover, her thought has had a great impact on various contemporary philosophers and thinkers, such as Jürgen Habermas, Alasdair MacIntyre, Seyla Benhabib, Giorgio Agamben, Jean-Luc Nancy, Adriana Cavarero, Richard J. Bernstein and Grace M. Jantzen. The amount of interest in her theories is remarkable in Finland as well, not only among political scientists but also among philosophers, jurisprudents, sociologists, anthropologists, feminists and theologians. The reason for this interest is simple: Arendt’s innovative concepts and conceptual distinctions have not lost their significance and are thus highly useful for the analyses of contemporary philosophical, social and political questions and problems. For these reasons, we organize a symposium to celebrate and honour the 100th anniversary of Hannah Arendt.

Keynote Speakers:

Professor Joanna Vecchiarelli Scott, Eastern Michigan University
Professor Dana R. Villa, University of Notre Dame