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The American Algerians
By Roger BerkowitzIt is well known that Richard Wright found in Paris the freedom he never found as a black man in America. Maybe less well known is that that James Baldwin, in his essay, “Alas, Poor Richard,” accused Wright, as Adam Shatz observes, “of celebrating Paris as a “city of refuge” while remaining silent about France’s oppressive treatment of its colonial subjects.”
08-19-2019
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Editing
By Samantha HillMagdalena Edwards offers a brilliant account of her experience translating Clarice By Lispector in the LA Review of Books. Navigating the unmarked side streets of publishing, Edwards walks readers through the process of translation while thinking about the gray line between editing and ideas, who gets credit for their work, and who gets thanked for devotion.
08-19-2019
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Thinking
By Samantha HillLiane Carlson writes about thinking for The Revealer, and what happens when we lose faith in thinking as scholars. Echoing Hannah Arendt’s critique of academic thinking, and those who rank among the professional thinkers, Carlson emphasizes the communal nature of thinking as an activity that we engage in, while reflecting on the declining state of academia today.
08-19-2019
What We're Reading
This week, we're reading Thomas Chatterton Williams on The Great Replacement 08-17-2019
What We're Reading
This week, we're reading tributes to Theodor Adorno and Toni Morrison08-11-2019
What We're Reading
This week we're reading Marilynne Robinson's essay, "Which Way to the City on a Hill?" in the The New York Review of Books.08-04-2019
What We're Reading
This week, Roger Berkowitz is reading Chiara Ricciardone and Robert Kehoe07-19-2019
Geuss, Habermas, and the Rose of Unreason
Martin Jay brings his perspective to the ongoing debate over Raymond Geuss's piece on Jurgen Habermas.07-19-2019
What We're Reading: Cultural Criticism
Hannah Arendt Center fellow Thomas Chatterton Williams responds to a New York Times op-ed.07-13-2019
Hannah Arendt Award for Political Thought
Samantha Hill notes an honor shared by Hannah Arendt Center director Roger Berkowitz and Jerome Kohn.07-13-2019