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Temptations of Tyranny

Rod Dreher’s conflicted support for President Trump illustrates a broader crisis among intellectual conservatives who fear the "soft totalitarianism" of liberal institutions yet embrace the hard authoritarianism of executive overreach. Drawing on Hannah Arendt’s political thought, the essay contends that true freedom is preserved not through charismatic leaders but through the multiplication and decentralization of citizen power. Revitalizing democracy, it argues, requires stubborn, local acts of collective governance rather than the dangerous temptation to concentrate authority in a single figure.
04-27-2025

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The Courage to Be: Leora Kahn

Clara Gallagher and Milan Miller, HAC student fellows, reflect on Danfung Dennis' visit for our spring 2016 "Courage to Be" dinner/speaker series.
08-09-2016
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Amor Mundi, August 7th 2016

Zadie Smith in the New York Review of Books offers her thoughts on Brexit in the United Kingdom. And in doing so, hits upon the fundamental themes that are rocking the liberal consensus around the globe.

08-07-2016
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Amor Mundi, July 31st 2016 - #100in10 Final

 Robert Zaretsky, citing a 19th century Frenchman but taking on a tradition that goes as far back as Aristotle, wonders whether there really is such a thing as mob rule in the age of Trump, or at any other time:
07-31-2016
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Amor Mundi, July 24th 2016 - #100in10 Edition

Feisal G. Mohamed writes at The Stone in The New York Times that the U.S. Presidential election can be understood as a contest between the ideas of Carl Schmitt and Hannah Arendt.
07-24-2016
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2016 100/10 Challenge - An Open Letter from Academic Director, Roger Berkowitz

An Open Letter from Academic Director, Roger Berkowitz
07-22-2016
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Our 2016 100/10 Membership Challenge Contests and Drawings Begin!

We at the Hannah Arendt Center are very excited about this year’s 100/10 membership challenge, especially all of the contests and drawings we have planned!
07-22-2016
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Amor Mundi, July 17th 2016

Amor Mundi, July 17th 2016
07-17-2016
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Amor Mundi, July 10th 2016

Amor Mundi, July 10th 2016
07-10-2016
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Julian E. Zelizer in The Atlantic writes that the racial divergence of the present recalls the post-riot period of the 1960s. Zelizer returns to the Kerner Commission report, requested but then ignored by Lyndon Johnson.
07-10-2016
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