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Civil Disobedience and the Spirit of American Democracy
As fear and retaliation become tools of political control, this piece calls for collective dissent to defend democratic norms and constitutional freedoms under increasing pressure from the Trump administration.04-20-2025
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Hannah Arendt and the Political Dangers of Emotion
Johannes Lang explores the moral and political consequences of emotion entering into the public sphere.02-23-2015
Amor Mundi 2/22/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we recognize the enduring legacy of the American Revolution in American politics and rhetoric, expose the under-reported dangers of becoming a whistleblower, identify the universality all writers aspire to achieve, and much more.02-23-2015
Hannah Arendt Library: Karl Marx
In this week's Library feature, we appreciate Arendt's collection of books on Marxist capitalism.02-20-2015
Congratulations to Michiel Bot!
We congratulate Michiel Bot, one of our post-doctoral fellows, on receiving the Witteveen Memorial Fellowship in Law and Humanities at Tilburg University.02-20-2015
Manifesting in the Wake of Charlie Hebdo
Etienne Tassin discusses how we can use Arendt to understand the political success of those demonstrators who rallied together in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.02-16-2015
Amor Mundi 2/15/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we investigate the increasing use of shell corporations in high-end real estate, reflect on the changing disposition of the public intellectual, comment on the dynamic nature of blogging, and much more.02-16-2015
The Hannah Arendt Library: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
In this week's Library feature, we appreciate the influence of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on Hannah Arendt's writings.02-13-2015