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Hannah Arendt, The Man of Action, and She Who Watches

February 1, 2016 • by Hilton Obenzinger

This piece is based on the experiences of Jane Kinzler when she was a student at Barnard College in 1967. We spoke several times, expanding upon her account, uncovering more details, before she passed away from cancer in November 2015. JJ (John Jacobs) was famous as a fiery campus radical ...

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