Amor Mundi

The weekly publication of the Hannah Arendt Center

What is most difficult, writes Arendt, is to love the world as it is. Loving the world means neither uncritical acceptance nor contemptuous rejection, but the unwavering facing up to and comprehension of that which is. The opinions expressed in essays on our site are those of their authors.

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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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Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera

We take another visit to the Hannah Arendt Library at Bard College and find a copy of Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera.

11-07-2014

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Video Archives: Lunchtime Talk with Ursula Ludz (2010)

This week, we look back on a 2010 Lunchtime Talk with Ursula Ludz, a former visiting scholar of the Hannah Arendt Center.

11-06-2014

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John Stuart Mill on Thinking

John Stuart Mill provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

11-05-2014

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Amor Mundi 11/2/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we realize that there are two sides to every story, expose the myth of exceptional Chinese education, emphasize a need to rethink the way we educate teachers, and much more.

11-03-2014

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The Weakening of Power Through Violence

Jeffrey Champlin reflects on Arendt's understanding of violence and the origins of power.

11-03-2014

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Arendt and the Illusion of an "Inner Life"

We appreciate a particular passage that Hannah Arendt felt worthy of being underlined and marked with other annotations.

10-31-2014

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Video Archives - Roundtable Discussion on Occupy Wall Street (2011)

In this week's Video Archives, we remember a 2011 roundtable discussion on the Occupy movement.

10-30-2014

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Proust on Thinking

Marcel Proust provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

10-29-2014

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The Revolution Will Not Be Institutionalized

Jeffrey Jurgens discusses Arendt's analysis of the Western tradition of revolution and how revolutionary episodes for her failed to enshrine the people's freedom in lasting institutions.

10-27-2014