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"Something has happened to the fabric of society"
This essay contrasts Mister Rogers' vision of neighborliness with the harsh treatment of legal immigrants in the United States, focusing on the case of Kseniia Petrova. It explores how class resentment and institutional silence have enabled arbitrary cruelty toward those who came here to contribute.04-13-2025
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Mao Zedong on Perspective and Small Thinking
Mao Zedong offers his thoughts on how a limited perspective can lead us to think small in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.12-08-2015
A Meditation on Arendt, Rilke, & Guns
The despair expressed in Rilke's Duino Elegies is an expression of our human world and as such distills the loss we feel from gun violence.12-06-2015
Amor Mundi 12/6/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we explore the promise of the Rojava settlement, reflect on ISIS's appeal to love as a recruitment tactic, and much more.12-06-2015
Hannah Arendt -- Among Friends?
Jerome Kohn remembers Hannah Arendt on the 40th anniversary of her death.12-03-2015
Madame Swetchine on the Garlands of Our Thoughts
Madame Swetchine draws a metaphor between thinking and nature in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.12-01-2015
A Home Away From Home
Jennie Han explores the concept of “home” with respect to our discussions of the ongoing student protests on American college campuses.11-29-2015
Amor Mundi 11/29/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we explore the real issues behind the ongoing student protests, examine the role of race in Oscar Pitorius' trial, and much more!11-29-2015
Theodore H. White on Thinking Unlike Your Friends
Theodore H. White discusses what it means to go against the thinking of your friends in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.11-24-2015
The Politics of Kafka
Arendt reconstructs from Kafka's work a writer inspired by a world “in which the actions of man depend on nothing but himself and his spontaneity.”11-22-2015