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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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Work and Culture
Hans Teerds discusses how the notion of work, often overlooked by other Arendt scholars, helps to produce a sharable world of things that is integral to the preservation of culture.09-08-2014
Did Eichmann Think?
Roger Berkowitz discusses Bettina Stangneth's book "Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer" and argues that Arendt's report on the banality of evil has withstood the test of time, history, and countless critiques.09-07-2014
On Mark Lilla on Hannah Arendt
Roger Berkowitz addresses a few of the common sources of anger and contempt that are leveled against Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem."09-06-2014
Video Archives - Lunchtime Talk with Ory Amitay (2012)
This week, we look back on a 2012 Lunchtime Talk with Professor Ory Amitay on the nature and history of monotheism.09-04-2014
Henri Bergson on Thinking
French philosopher Henri Bergson provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.09-03-2014
Amor Mundi 8/31/14
In this week's Amor Mundi, we recognize the anti-totalitarian tones of Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon", ask how we can repair American public discourse, reflect on ways we can seek to understand and learn from history, and much more.09-01-2014
Alienation from the Cartesian Change in the Meaning of Truth
Scholar Richard Barrett discusses the transformation of truth and its beauty as a result of Galileo's invention of the telescope.09-01-2014
The Humanities and Common Sense
Roger Berkowitz observes the unnecessarily specialized nature of humanities scholarship in today's colleges and universities and offers some remarks on how this can be remedied.08-30-2014