You know you're a historian when...

[skull_bearer]

Films about your subject eliciate a 'meh', but a film about a leading light in your subject eleciates an 'ooh'

Hannah Arendt is finally getting a film.

I know she's a bit of a polarising figure, but I tend to lean more on her side than against.

Comments

[kellicat.livejournal.com]

That's really interesting. Right now, I'm reading The Origins of Totalitarianism (about a third of the way through now) and I find a lot of what she has to say fascinating, especially about Jews and their shifting place in European society. I really hope the film is good.