http://www.fordhamimpressions.com/?p=511 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:33:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fordhamimpressions.com/?p=511&cpage=1#comment-192 Hannah Arendt’s Day at the Beauty Parlor « Fordham ImPRESSions Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:07:00 +0000 http://www.fordhamimpressions.com/?p=511#comment-192 [...] Hannah Arendt is not exactly known for her fashion sense or hairstyle. Rather, she is renowned for her astute and philosophical theories, from everything from politics to anti-Semitism. In a recent humor piece, it is alleged that Nancy Pelosi, fed up with congressional infighting and strife, had called for a “bipartisan day of beauty” where harried politicians, Republican and Democrat, could kick back and get their nails done. What lead to this inspired idea? “Pelosi suggested the idea after her book group cancelled a recent session on Hannah Arendt’s ‘Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy’ in favor of a Day of Beauty at Chez Vous Beauty Salon in Arlington, Virginia.” [...] [...] Hannah Arendt is not exactly known for her fashion sense or hairstyle. Rather, she is renowned for her astute and philosophical theories, from everything from politics to anti-Semitism. In a recent humor piece, it is alleged that Nancy Pelosi, fed up with congressional infighting and strife, had called for a “bipartisan day of beauty” where harried politicians, Republican and Democrat, could kick back and get their nails done. What lead to this inspired idea? “Pelosi suggested the idea after her book group cancelled a recent session on Hannah Arendt’s ‘Lectures on Kant’s Political Philosophy’ in favor of a Day of Beauty at Chez Vous Beauty Salon in Arlington, Virginia.” [...]

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