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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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Amor Mundi 3/1/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we wonder whether humans will eventually be replaced by more efficient machines, appeal to Karl Ove Knausgaard in our attempts to understand a uniquely American form of poverty, appreciate Peter Railton's efforts to open up a broader discussion on depression, and much more.03-02-2015
Hannah Arendt Library: St. Augustine
We appreciate Arendt's engagement with Saint Augustine's "Confessions."02-27-2015
The American Jewish Peace Archive
We recognize Aliza Becker, one of her Associate Fellows, and her creation of the American Jewish Peace Archive: An Oral History of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Activists (AJPA).02-26-2015
Eric Hoffer on Thinking
American moral and social philosopher Eric Hoffer provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.02-25-2015
Amor Mundi 2/22/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we recognize the enduring legacy of the American Revolution in American politics and rhetoric, expose the under-reported dangers of becoming a whistleblower, identify the universality all writers aspire to achieve, and much more.02-23-2015
Hannah Arendt Library: Karl Marx
In this week's Library feature, we appreciate Arendt's collection of books on Marxist capitalism.02-20-2015
Congratulations to Michiel Bot!
We congratulate Michiel Bot, one of our post-doctoral fellows, on receiving the Witteveen Memorial Fellowship in Law and Humanities at Tilburg University.02-20-2015