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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 5/17/15
In our Amor Mundi, we meditate on death and the ephemeral nature of the body, investigate the inhuman nature of humanities conferences, and much more!05-18-2015
Cassandra in Little Rock
Nicholas Tampio discusses how Arendt's essay in response to the 1957 events at Little Rock High School promotes the diffusion of power in a democracy.05-18-2015
The Hannah Arendt Library: Black Reconstruction in America
We appreciate two annotations Arendt made to her copy of "Black Reconstruction in America" in this week's Library feature.05-15-2015
The Courage to Be: Jeanne van Heeswijk
Bethany Zulick, a HAC student fellow, recounts Jeanne van Heeswijk's lecture for our spring 2015 "Courage to Be" dinner/speaker series.05-14-2015
Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Thoughts on Thinking: Live to Write
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of Charles Lindbergh, reflects on writing, thinking, and life in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.05-13-2015
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
Architecture: Human Intervention of the Earth
Hans Teerds reflects on how we understand architecture as a political concern and, by extension, understand Karl Jaspers' spatial approach to thinking.05-11-2015
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