hannah arendt interesting - she's really in vogue in feminist theory at the moment. i've read some feminist interpretations of her views on power which suggest i really need to read her firsthand.
i've never seen her referred to as a feminist - though i think it's likely that she was one - since most of her work deals with public, not personal politics. she's best known for "the origins of totalitarianism," which argued that european fascism and soviet communism were basically equivalent in their means of gaining and keeping power, which was highly controversial at the time (1951), and "eichmann in jerusalem," which is the only book of hers i've read. she was close friends with mary mccarthy, whom i know you've read, btw.
you're dead on, she hasn't been referred to as a feminist feminists are careful to point out that arendt disavowed the term. amy allen for one is interested in arendt for what she has to say about power and equality, i get the impression from allen's work that arendt didn't have much to say about women's issues at all.
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Also, I don't think my halfhearted "Matthew Broderick but not really because he looks way more boyish than you" comparison was that bad. Was it?
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Yeah, you're like his cuter little brother or something, who got the good nose (imho):
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interesting - she's really in vogue in feminist theory at the moment. i've read some feminist interpretations of her views on power which suggest i really need to read her firsthand.
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