Amor Mundi

The weekly publication of the Hannah Arendt Center

What is most difficult, writes Arendt, is to love the world as it is. Loving the world means neither uncritical acceptance nor contemptuous rejection, but the unwavering facing up to and comprehension of that which is. The opinions expressed in essays on our site are those of their authors.

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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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Stories Make the World: Hannah Arendt

Stephen Most is completing a book, Stories Make the World, which describes how he applied Arendt's thinking about stories to his work as a filmmaker.

09-09-2015

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Sir Aubrey De Vere on Words and a Million Thoughts

Sir Aubrey De Vere comments on how one thought immortalized in ink can lead millions to think in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

09-08-2015

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Even in Solitude There Are Always Two

We live our whole lives in plurality--either in public, in private, or in solitude--but even even in solitude, there are always two sides in dialogue.

09-06-2015

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Amor Mundi 9/6/15

In this week's Amor Mundi, we use the recently Ashley Madison hack to reflect on privacy, advocate for the rights of adjunct faculty, and much more!

09-06-2015

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Hannah Arendt and Environmental Activism

Ryan Butler, a student of environmental activism, shares an image of his personal Arendt library with us in this week's Library feature.

09-03-2015

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Welcome, Dr. Ulrich von Bulow!

The Hannah Arendt Center is pleased to weclome Dr. Ulrich von Bulow to Bard College!

09-02-2015

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Thomas Jefferson on the Glow of Thoughts

Thomas Jefferson comments on the value and glow of thoughts in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

09-01-2015

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Born of Necessity, Blindness, or Strategy: On Greece and the Bureaucratically Divine

Bureaucracy, as imagined by both Kafka and Arendt, embodies an ideology of necessity through which humans abdicate responsibility for their common world.

08-30-2015

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Amor Mundi 8/30/15

In our Amor Mundi, we recognize Pope Francis' appeal for a new cultural paradigm, reflect on the inadequacies that are evident in education, and much more!

08-30-2015