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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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Hannah Arendt Library: The History of Florence
In this week's Library feature, we appreciate a particular passage that Arendt underlined in Machiavelli's history of Florence.02-06-2015
J. William Fulbright on Thinking
J. William Fulbright provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.02-04-2015
Undodged Bullets and Broken Eggs
Ian Storey discusses how a problem of language and appearance in our society fails to account for untold millions of people who are suffering.02-02-2015
Amor Mundi 2/1/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we explore the rules of the modern political correctness movement, reflect on the state of anti-rape activities on college campuses, revisit our understanding of affluence in America, and much more.02-02-2015
A Special Donation
The Hannah Arendt Center acknowledges a special donation it received from Konstanze Bachman in honor of her mother, Maria Schmitt-Kuemmell.01-31-2015
Hannah Arendt Library: Winston Churchill
We appreciate two volumes of Churchill's history of the Second World War and how they may have influenced Arendt's understanding of the human condition.01-30-2015
Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, and the Importance of the Interior
Hans Teerds draws upon the writings of Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin to discuss the importance of the interior in people's lives.01-26-2015
Amor Mundi 1/25/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we wonder at the emotional intensity of childbirth and what it reveals about the meaningfulness of privacy, appreciate Arendt's ability to think radically, worry about how predictive technologies such as auto-correct may lead us to become personal cliches, and much more.01-26-2015