Heinrich Blücher

Heinrich Blücher
Born
Heinrich Friedrich Ernst Blücher

(1899-01-29)29 January 1899
Died31 October 1970(1970-10-31) (aged 71)
New York City, US
Spouse
(m. 1940)
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Phenomenology
Main interestsTheory of totalitarianism
Notable ideasThe anti-political principle

Heinrich Friedrich Ernst Blücher (29 January 1899 – 31 October 1970) was a German philosopher. He was the second husband of Hannah Arendt whom he had first met in Paris in 1936. During his life in America, Blücher traveled in popular academic circles and appears prominently in the lives of various New York intellectuals.