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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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Arendt and Ricoeur on Ideology and Authority
The Hannah Arendt Center shares "Arendt and Ricœur on Ideology and Authority," an article written by a former HAC fellow.01-24-2015
Hannah Arendt and Paul Tillich
In this week's Library feature, we appreciate Arendt's copy of Paul Tillich's "The Shaking of the Foundations," which contains a special note.01-23-2015
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on Thinking
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.01-21-2015
Thinking in School
Nicholas Tampio discusses the dangers of the Common Core program and appeals to Arendt's concept of natality as a way to help education once again teach students how to think for themselves.01-19-2015
Amor Mundi 1/18/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we recognize the need for us to resist all kinds of political and religious extremism, reflect on the dangers of artistic license when it comes to distorting historical facts, realize the political and cultural value of local diners, and much more.01-19-2015
Arendt and the Gnostics
In this week's Library feature, we appreciate Arendt's interest in the Gnostics.01-16-2015
Bertrand Russell on Thinking
Bertrand Russell provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.01-14-2015
Arendt's Plurality of Languages
Thomas Wild and Anne Posten discuss how we need to read Hannah Arendt in the plurality of her languages in such a way that their differences illuminate each other if we want to grasp the political and poetic spectrum, legacy, and provocation of her thinking.01-12-2015
Amor Mundi 1/11/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we discuss several different observers' reactions to the Charlie Hebdo attacks, meditate on the use of satire as a form of political commentary, reflect on the legacy of Ferguson, and much more.01-12-2015