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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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The Webcast Link for Our 2014 Fall Conference Is Now Live!
The Hannah Arendt Center announces that the webcast link for its upcoming fall conference is now live!10-07-2014
Amor Mundi 10/5/14
In this week's Amor Mundi, we explore novelist Marilynne Robinson's observation that fear dominates the contemporary human condition, value the recognition of the "now" as made manifest in Richard McGuire's "Here", reflect on academics' deficiency when it comes to writing, and much more!10-06-2014
Destiny and Democracy
Ian Storey invokes two pieces by E. B. White to speculate on the United States fear for the world it must confront today.10-06-2014
The Unmaking of Americans: Are There Still American Ideals Worth Fighting For?
In this week's Weekend Read, in preparation for our upcoming conference, Roger Berkowitz reflects on the decline of American exceptionalism and wonders what American ideas, if any, can inspire Americans to sacrifice and struggle for the common good.10-04-2014
A Love for Lichtenberg
This week, we appreciate a collection of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's work in Arendt's library.10-03-2014
Video Archives - The Anti-Political Prejudices of Modernity: A Civil Humanist Critique (2012)
For this week's Video Archive, we look back to a 2012 lecture delivered by Michael McCarthy analyzing Arendt's critique of "the world alienation of modernity".10-02-2014
Fernando Pessoa on Thinking
Portuguese poet and philosopher Fernando Pessoa provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.10-01-2014
Amor Mundi 9/28/14
This week in our Amor Mundi, we explore why distrust in America's institutions is so prevalent, look to understand "nudging" as social policy, dig deeper into the relationship between madness and creativity, and much more!09-29-2014