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
- 2/26Friday
Amor Mundi and the Virtual Reading Group
Hannah Arendt Center - 3/02Tuesday
Tough Talks: The Socialist Manifesto with Bhaskar Sunkara
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Online Event - 3/10Wednesday
On Hannah Arendt: Virtual Reading Group - 'The Concept of History'
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Online Event - 3/10Wednesday
Courage to Be Series: Punishment, Redemption, and Mercy
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5 Online Event
Read This Week's Feature
Rethinking Liberalism and the Enlightenment
Roger BerkowitzHannah Arendt was a decidedly anti-metaphysical and anti-universalist thinker. For Arendt, “particular questions must receive particular answers.” There are, she writes, “no general standards to determine our judgments unfailingly, no general rules.” Amidst what Arendt calls the “break in the tradition,” it is a fact that “traditional verities seem no longer to apply” and the “loss of general standards and rules--cannot be undone.” There is no going backwards to some past golden era.
02-25-2021