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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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Amor Mundi 6/14/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on diversity of thought in the age of social media, explore the meanings and elements of computer code, and much more!06-14-2015
A Graduate Student's Shelf Library of Arendt
The Hannah Arendt Center enjoys an image of a graduate student's personal "shelf library" of Arendt in this week's Library feature.06-11-2015
Carl Von Clausewitz on Principles and Rules
Carl Von Clausewitz discusses the effect that rules and principles have on a thinking man in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.06-09-2015
When Power Runs Riot
Jeffrey Jurgens uses the protests in Ferguson, MO and Baltimore, MD to understand both the differences and the relations between violence and power.06-07-2015
Amor Mundi 6/7/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the Senate's passage of the USA Freedom Act, remember our appreciation for imaginative thinking, and much more.06-07-2015
The Many Origins of Totalitarianism
We appreciate several copies and translations of "The Origins of Totalitarianism" found in the Hannah Arendt Collection in this week's Library feature.06-04-2015
Blaise Pascal: The Thinking Reed That Is Man
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Blaise Pascal offers up his comments on the nature of man in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.06-02-2015
Amor Mundi 5/31/15
In our Amor Mundi, we explore how Title IX can endanger intellectual freedom on college campuses, meditate on our obsession with pictures, and much more!05-31-2015
Beyond Bluebeard: Arendt’s "Some Questions of Moral Philosophy"
Philip Walsh discusses some of the startling conclusions Hannah Arendt arrived at with regards to moral philosophy.05-31-2015