The last page Hannah Arendt wrote was the title page of "Judging", the third part of her late work The Life of the Mind. Apart from the title, it contains only two quotations—one from Luke and one from Goethe—while explanations on judging are still completely missing. Arendt formulated her thoughts on "judging" earlier, in direct and indirect reflections on Kant and on thinking, on the "Life of the Mind" and the life of people together. In typical fashion, her reflection on the topic links works by the thinker from a wide variety of contexts. 

The planned discussion event of the Critical Edition will explore both Arendt's "last page" and her earlier reflections in thematic sections, each introduced by short lectures and with the aim of discussing Arendt and her works. Interested Arendt researchers and readers—both within and outside academia—are cordially invited to attend the event, join the discussion, and contribute their perspectives on Arendt's "judgments," in the spirit of a third Arendt quote: "The essence of action and speech is to set beginnings and establish connections." 

Please register for the event at kontakt@arendteditionprojekt.de 

Schedule & Impulse Lectures: 

2:00 p.m.: Urteilen | Historisieren

Prof. Dr. Susanne Lüdemann: Urteilen als Verfahren und Handlung

Prof. Dr. Annette Vowinckel: Multiperspektivität in der Geschichte und das Lukan-Zitat in Judging 

3:00 p.m.: Coffee Break 

3:30 p.m.: Zitieren 

Dr. Hannah Gerlach: Vier "Faust"-Verse als Einstieg ins Urteilen

Dr. Ingo Kieslich: Arendts Zitierpraxis 

4:30 p.m.: Coffee Break 

5:00 p.m.: Sprechen | Sprachen

Prof. Dr. Anne Eusterschulte: Arendts Kritik von 'Sachverstand'

Prof. Dr. Thomas Wild: Sozusagen. Pluralität der Sprachen