A place for bold and risky thinking
The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College is the world's most expansive home for bold and risky humanities thinking about our political world inspired by the spirit of Hannah Arendt, the leading thinker of politics and active citizenship in the modern era.
Upcoming Events
- 4/11Sunday
Amor Mundi and the Virtual Reading Group
Hannah Arendt Center - 4/17Saturday
Between Past and Future: Reading and Discussion
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 Online Event - 4/28Wednesday
On Hannah Arendt: Virtual Reading Group - 'What is Authority?'
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 Online Event - 4/28Wednesday
Courage to Be Series: The Courage to Be More than a Label (or Three)
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 Online Event
Read This Week's Feature
“Faith Changes Its Object, It Does Not Die”
Roger BerkowitzIn Democracy in America Alexis de Tocqueville argues that the American brand of religion—strong on morality while permissive on rituals and dogma—is deeply important to liberal democracy. While democracy secures and fosters political and civil liberties, religion nurtures a “civic religion” that privileges moral consensus over dogmatism.
04-08-2021