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Civil Disobedience and the Spirit of American Democracy
As fear and retaliation become tools of political control, this piece calls for collective dissent to defend democratic norms and constitutional freedoms under increasing pressure from the Trump administration.04-20-2025
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Is America Coming Apart?
Roger Berkowitz discusses American exceptionalism and its decline as evinced in Charles Murray's "Coming Apart".09-21-2014
Arendt and Kant
In this week's Library feature, we marvel at Arendt's impressive collection of Kant's works.09-19-2014
Amor Mundi 9/14/14
In this week's Amor Mundi, we recognize the similarities between art and athleticism, reflect on President Obama's unexpected embrace of unilateralism, examine human relationships in an increasingly mechanized world, and much more.09-15-2014
Walter Benjamin and "Drilling" for Pearls
Laurie Naranch discusses Walter Benjamin and Hannah Arendt's shared investment in literary pearls, fragments, and moments.09-15-2014
The Crisis of Authority
Roger Berkowitz discusses how a respect for authority and adulthood is integral to our ability to love ourselves and the world.09-13-2014
Video Archives - “Blogging and the New Public Intellectual – A Conversation with Jay Rosen and Megan Garber” (2013)
This week, we look back on a conversation Roger Berkowitz, Walter Russell Mead, Jay Rosen, and Megan Garber had on the state of journalism today.09-12-2014
A Note of Gratitude
Our Library feature this week is a note to Arendt thanking her for her help on a particular translation of Martin Heidegger's "Being and Time."09-12-2014