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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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Can We Have Some Privacy?
We share a link to a broadcast by Deutschlandfunk Radio that provides some coverage of "Can We Have Some Privacy?," a conference we sponsored last week.05-12-2015
Amor Mundi 5/10/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the implications of a new French surveillance law, consider the infantalization of college students, and much more!05-11-2015
Arendt in Translation
We share a photograph of a Twitter follower's personal library that includes different translations of many of Hannah Arendt's works.05-08-2015
Khalil Gibran's Thoughts on Thinking: Faith and the Heart
Lebanese-American poet Khalil Gibran reflects on thinking's inability to meddle with faith in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.05-06-2015
Amor Mundi 5/3/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we see the banality of evil in the trial of Oskar Gröning, identify certain dangers of social science research, and much more!05-04-2015
The Battle of Ideas: A Personal Arendt Library
We appreciate a photo of a personal Arendt library that includes, among other things, a thinking cap that is used to aid the reader in the battle of ideas.05-01-2015
Ray Bradbury's Thoughts on Thinking: Unconscious Creativity
Ray Bradbury reflects on the dangers thinking poses to creativity in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.04-29-2015
Amor Mundi 4/26/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the occurrence of violence in our world, meditate on the benefits of a college education, and much more!04-27-2015
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