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What We're Reading

This week, we're reading tributes to Theodor Adorno and Toni Morrison

Gaffes on the Campaign Trail

By Roger Berkowitz

Joe Biden made news with another racial gaffe when he said  “We have this notion that somehow if you’re poor, you cannot do it. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.” John McWhorter argues that these gaffes, while problematic, are also indicative of a paradoxical tension around black achievement. 

Teaching Hannah Arendt Underground

By Samantha Hill
For the past two days I’ve been teaching Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism for the tuition free summer school program at The University of the Underground and The Hannah Arendt Center, at The School for Poetic Computation in NYC. ..

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.

Agnes Heller: 12 May, 1929 – 19 July, 2019

Roger Berkowitz writes in memoriam of the holocaust survivor and Arendt scholar.

A Letter from Roger Berkowitz

When you join the Hannah Arendt Center, you become part of a global community of thinkers, philosophers, and activists dedicated to understanding and loving the world as it is. Please read this special letter from our Academic Director, Roger Berkowitz to learn why your membership is so important, now more than ever.

What We're Reading

This week, Roger Berkowitz is reading Chiara Ricciardone and Robert Kehoe

Geuss, Habermas, and the Rose of Unreason

Martin Jay brings his perspective to the ongoing debate over Raymond Geuss's piece on Jurgen Habermas.

Democratic Happiness

Roger Berkowitz looks at two essays presenting differing views on democracy.