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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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Khalil Gibran's Thoughts on Thinking: Faith and the Heart
Lebanese-American poet Khalil Gibran reflects on thinking's inability to meddle with faith in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.05-06-2015
Arendt on Humanity
Kazue Koishikawa challenges us to meditate on how the "political" relates to humanity and to understand why Arendt feels the public realm is diminishing.05-04-2015
Amor Mundi 5/3/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we see the banality of evil in the trial of Oskar Gröning, identify certain dangers of social science research, and much more!05-04-2015
The Battle of Ideas: A Personal Arendt Library
We appreciate a photo of a personal Arendt library that includes, among other things, a thinking cap that is used to aid the reader in the battle of ideas.05-01-2015
Ray Bradbury's Thoughts on Thinking: Unconscious Creativity
Ray Bradbury reflects on the dangers thinking poses to creativity in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.04-29-2015
Archimedes and the Anthropocene
Jeffrey Champlin discusses how Arendt's use of the "Archimedean point" in Chapter 5 of The Human Condition helps us understand the Anthropocene.04-27-2015
Amor Mundi 4/26/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the occurrence of violence in our world, meditate on the benefits of a college education, and much more!04-27-2015
Hannah Arendt Collection: The Life and Work of Adolf Hitler
We visit the Hannah Arendt Collection and peruse a number of books dedicated to understanding the character and political aspirations of Adolf Hitler.04-24-2015
The Courage to Be: Uday Mehta
Zelda May Bas, a student fellow with the Hannah Arendt Center, recounts our second "Courage to Be" dinner, during which Uday Mehta spoke on Gandhi.04-23-2015