The Hannah Arendt. Critical Edition is an hybrid edition. We publish the digital version on Hannah Arendt Digital one year after the respective print publication by Wallstein-Verlag–open access for all. Volume 3, Sechs Essays / Die verborgene Tradition, kicks off the project. Now you can rediscover Hannah Arendt's first book publication in post-war Germany, navigate through the typescripts, the diplomatic or constituted versions, and compare the English and German versions. All annotations and editor's commentaries aree easily accessible by mouse click. Take a look at the TEI documents in the background or search the full text of the volume with different filter options.

Hannah Arendt Digital offers a unique insight into the author's thought and writing processes: the stages of her writings' development can be followed for the first time. The editing process can be traced down to each deciphering and interpretation decision.

This is still a beta version, but it is constantly being improved and expanded. We would like to thank all those involved in making Hannah Arendt Digital possible, especially our partners and sponsors: the Freie Universität Berlin, the Center for Digital Systems (CeDiS), the Göttingen State and University Library (SUB), the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Hamburger Stiftung zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Kultur, Vanderbilt University in Nashville/TN, and the Library of Congress in Washington/D.C.