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Democracy and Dissent
Today, it is worth recalling Arendt’s foundational defense of public dissent as well as her outspoken resistance to legalized denaturalization based on political opinions.03-16-2025
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The Courage to Be: Eyal Press
HAC student fellow Marisol Dothard recounts Eyal Press's keynote speech, which was the first installment in our "Courage to Be" dinner/lecture series.03-26-2015
Bibi's Victory: Understanding the Israeli Elections
Shmuel Lederman, a visiting scholar with the Hannah Arendt Center, discusses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's victory in the recent Israeli elections.03-25-2015
Benjamin Lee Whorf's Thoughts on Thinking: On Language
American linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf reflects on the manner in which language shapes our thinking in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.03-25-2015
Amor Mundi 3/22/15
In our Amor Mundi, we challenge our colleges to make a safe place for dangerous thinking, reflect on the dangers posed by Salafist Jihad, and much more.03-23-2015
Hannah Arendt and The Narratable Self
Laurie Naranch discusses how the Italian philosopher Adriana Cavarero uses Arendt to argue for a narratable self in defense of individual uniqueness.03-23-2015
Hannah Arendt Library: The Age of the Democratic Revolution
In this week's Library feature, we appreciate the annotations Arendt made to her copy of "The Age of the Democratic Revolution."03-20-2015
Luther Burbank's Thoughts on Thinking: A "Clean" Mind
American botanist and horticulturalist Luther Burbank provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.03-18-2015
Amor Mundi 3/15/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on how solitude can provide our inner voices with room to flourish, and much more!03-16-2015
The Deprivations of Privacy
Lance Strate discusses how Arendt teaches us about the mutability of privacy.03-16-2015