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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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The Conscience of Edward Snowden
Roger Berkowitz shares how Edward Snowden's appeal to acting out of conscience influences our view of him as either hero or criminal.06-21-2014
Lord Byron on Thinking
Lord Byron comments on the the durability of thought in his Thoughts on Thinking.06-18-2014
Goethe Institute Heidegger Tagebuecher Discussion
A photo album of when Roger Berkowitz discussed Heidegger's "Black Notebooks" at the Goethe Institut in New York this past April.06-17-2014
Amor Mundi 6/15/14
In this week's Amor Mundi, we discuss tenure and educational reform in the context of the recent court ruling in California, uncover a fresh look on the use of drones, and realize the non-event of the social utopia foretold by Karl Marx.06-16-2014
Arendt and Intergenerational Justice
Christopher C. Robinson explores Arendt's concept of intergenerational justice and reveals the ways in which we can use this concept to formulate a stronger response to the global ecological crisis.06-16-2014
Who Does Tenure Help?
For this week's Weekend Read, we discuss a California supreme-court judge's decision to strike down the CA tenure system, which leads us to ask larger questions about educational reform.06-14-2014
Henri-Frederic Amiel on Thinking
Swiss philosopher and poet Henri-Frédéric Amiel writes on the revealing power of thought in this week's Thought on Thinking.06-11-2014
Amor Mundi 6/8/14
In this week's Amor Mundi, we wonder what Obama's success in securing the release of Bergdahl means for the power of the American presidency, reveal the double-edged quality of big data in the workplace, and identify another side of privacy on the web.06-09-2014
Arendt on Thinking with Kant and Kafka
HAC Associate Fellow Jeffrey Champlin discusses Arendt's conception of thinking as dually meaningful, implying either timeless human faculty or immersed reflection that is capable of change.06-09-2014