Hannah Arendtwas one of the most important thinkers of her time, famous for her idea of "the banality of evil" which continues to provoke debate. This collection provides new and startling insight into Arendt's thoughts aboutWatergateand thenature of American politics, about totalitarianism and history, and her own experiences as an émigré.Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversationsis an extraordinary portrait of one of the twentieth century's boldest and most original thinkers.”We are still living in Hannah Arendt’s world…It is hard to name a thinker of the twentieth century more sought after as a guide to the dilemmas of the twenty-first.”—Adam Kirsch, The New YorkerAs well as Arendt's last interview with French journalistRoger Errera, the volume features an important interview from the early 60s with German journalistGunter Gaus, in which the two discuss Arendt's childhood and her escape from Europe, and a conversation with acclaimed historian of the Nazi period,Joachim Fest, as well as other exchanges.“There are no dangerous thoughts for the simple reason that thinking itself is such a dangerous enterprise.”  —Hannah ArendtIn these interviews — including her final interview given in October 1973, in the midst of Watergate and the Yom Kippur War — Hannah Arendt discusses politics, war, protest movements, the Eichmann trial, Jewish identity, and language with the incisiveness and courage that always set her apart.”She took responsibility for observing the inhuman uses of power and for summoning her generation to judgment and action.”—Samantha Power, The New York Review of BooksThe Last Interview Series:Melville House has been publishing a popular series of books called The Last Interview and Other Conversations which celebrates the heroes and innovators of art, politics and literature with a collection of interviews and co