The Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought (german: Hannah-Arendt-Preis für politisches Denken, links=no) is a prize awarded to individuals representing the tradition of political theorist

Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt (, , ; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a political philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor. She is widely considered to be one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Arendt was born ...

, especially in regard to totalitarianism. It was instituted by the German Heinrich Böll Foundation (affiliated with the

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) and the government of

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in 1994, and is awarded by an international jury. The prize money is €10,000.

Laureates

References

External links

* (English/French/German)
Hannah-Arendt-Preis (2016 wayback archive version, in German)

Hannah Arendt Award for Political Thought
on Heinrich Böll Foundation website {{Authority control Human rights awards Totalitarianism Politics awards Awards established in 1994