American Masters S39E5: Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny
- Aired: 2025-06-27
- Time: 21:00:00
- Runtime: 90 minutes
Watch Episode
Overview
Discover the life and work of Hannah Arendt, one of the most influential political writers of the 20th century. She transformed her time as a political prisoner and refugee during World War II into daring insights about the human condition, the refugee crisis and totalitarianism. Her warnings about a crisis in American democracy during McCarthyism and Watergate continue to resonate today.