Arendt-Theory of Totalitarianism  Dictatorship , Phenomenology
(philosophy) , Philosophy  Hannah Arendt’s Theory of
Totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt is widely regarded as one of the
most important, unique and influential thinkers of political
philosophy in the Twentieth century. Arendt was greatly
influenced by her mentor and one time lover, Martin Heidegger,
whose phenomenological method would help to greatly shape and
frame Arendt’s own thinking. Like Heidegger, Arendt was
sceptical of the metaphysical tradition which tended towards
abstract conceptual reasoning; ultimately at odds with the
reality of human lived experience. Consequently, Arendt was
highly dubious of being referred to as a philosopher, as she
felt philosophy was, by its own essence, confined to the
proverbial ivory tower. She believed political life was at the
apex of human experience and so she identified as a political
thinker/actor. Her emphasis on the phenomenological nature of
the lived political experience permeates her life’s works and