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A New Concept of Freedom
The 2024 Alpine Fellowship in Tuscany, co-sponsored by the Hannah Arendt Center, centered on the theme of "language" and integrated intellectual discussions with holistic activities like yoga and nature immersion. The Fellowship underscores the importance of a strong sense of self for political freedom and character development through thinking, as inspired by Hannah Arendt's philosophy.07-13-2024
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Amor Mundi 8/17/14
In this week's Amor Mundi, we examine how some local police departments in the U.S. have become over-militarized, illustrate why it is still important to study the classics, and search with Peter Matthiessen for the elusive snow leopard in the Himalayas.08-18-2014
The Poverty of Ideas
Roger Berkowitz discusses an essay written by Raymond Guess on the failure of contemporary thinking at the hands of denial, debt, and John Rawls' philosophy.08-16-2014
Video Archives - Public Discussion with Roger Berkowitz and Bill Jones (2010)
This week in our Video Archives, we take a look back on a public discussion between Bill T. Jones and Roger Berkowitz on the Arendtian notion of thinking.08-14-2014
Isaiah Berlin and the Collision of Values
Scholar Ian Storey discusses Isaiah Berlin and the notion that politics demands we surpass acceptance to reach a level of moral and ethical understanding of one another.08-11-2014
Amor Mundi 8/10/14
In this week's Amor Mundi, we appreciate the magic of C.S. Lewis' Narnia, learn about an app that attempts to quantify the soul, obtain an inside look into Gazan everyday life during times of war, and much more.08-11-2014
The Two American Constitutional Freedoms
Roger Berkowitz revisits Robert Pranger's essay "The Decline of the American National Government" and in so doing identifies the importance of upholding a proper role for government, both local and national.08-09-2014
Video Archives - Roger Berkowitz L&T Lecture (2010)
In this week's Video Archives, we take a look back at a lecture Roger Berkowitz delivered back in 2010 on the importance of humanity.08-07-2014
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, on Thinking
French writer and moralist Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, provides this week's Thought on Thinking.08-06-2014