On November 17-18, 2006, the Instituto de Filosofia da Linguagem(Institute of Philosophy of Language - IFL), Faculdade de CiênciasSociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCSH/UNL) (Faculty ofSocial and Human Sciences, New University of Lisbon-FCSH/UNL), fundedby the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Science and TechnologyFoundation - FCT), organized an international conference on HannahArendt’s philosophy (1906-75). This conference was centred on apolitical problematic, celebrating t