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 Totalitarianism is a form of government and a political system that prohibits all opposition parties, outlaws individual and group opposition to the state and its claims, and exercises an extremely high if not complete degree of control and reg ...

. It was instituted by the German

Heinrich Böll Foundation The Heinrich Böll Foundation (german: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V., HBS) is a German, legally independent political foundation. Affiliated with the German Green Party, it was founded in 1997 when three predecessors merged. The foundation was n ...

(affiliated with the

Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

) and the government of

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

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