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Only Power Can Check Power
Hannah Arendt saw America’s strength in its dispersion of power, rooted in civic engagement and local governance. As executive authority expands, the true challenge is not just legal resistance but the reinvigoration of collective action. Can we reclaim the founding spirit of self-governance, or will we cede our power to those who seek to consolidate it? 02-02-2025
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Hannah Arendt Collection: The Life and Work of Adolf Hitler
We visit the Hannah Arendt Collection and peruse a number of books dedicated to understanding the character and political aspirations of Adolf Hitler.04-24-2015
The Courage to Be: Uday Mehta
Zelda May Bas, a student fellow with the Hannah Arendt Center, recounts our second "Courage to Be" dinner, during which Uday Mehta spoke on Gandhi.04-23-2015
Albert Einstein's Thoughts on Thinking: Reading and Laziness
Albert Einstein reflects how too much reading and not enough thinking can beget laziness in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.04-22-2015
Amor Mundi 4/19/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we appeal to the banality of evil in acknowledging Holocaust Memorial Day, meditate on the importance of privacy, and much more!04-20-2015
Hannah Arendt Collection: The Prophet Armed
We visit the Hannah Arendt Collection and appreciate the annotations Arendt made to her copy of a biography written about Leon Trotsky.04-17-2015
Hegel's Thoughts on Thinking: Generalization and Ideas
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel reflects on the connection between ideas and generalization in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.04-15-2015
Amor Mundi 4/12/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the works of Toni Morrison and Claudia Rankine, identify trauma as a powerful corollary of feminism, and much more!04-13-2015
Hannah Arendt Collection: Arendt a "Who's Who"
In this week's Library feature, we reflect on how Hannah Arendt was a "who's who" in 1974-5--just one year prior to her death at the age of 69.04-10-2015
Emerson's Thoughts on Thinking: The Blossom of Thought
American essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson reflects on the budding form of thought in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.04-08-2015