Featured Article
Democracy and Dissent
Today, it is worth recalling Arendt’s foundational defense of public dissent as well as her outspoken resistance to legalized denaturalization based on political opinions.03-16-2025
All Categories
José Ortega y Gasset on Thinking
José Ortega y Gasset discusses the relationship between thought and survival in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.07-09-2014
Google Books and the Problem of Tradition
Martin Wagner uses Arendt's analysis of Kierkegaard, Marx, and Nietzsche to discuss the benefits and costs of Google Books.07-07-2014
Amor Mundi 7/6/14
In this week's Amor Mundi, we identify the need to re-imagine and re-invigorate America's ideals, observe the connections between Instagram and the primary genres of Western secular art, and appreciate Proust's masterpiece every time we read it.07-07-2014
Independence Day: Reexamining America's Core Ideals
In this Weekend Read, we reflect on Independence Day, the motivations behind the Declaration of Independence, and how we can reclaim America's ideals today.07-05-2014
Video Archives - Panel One of "The Burden of Our Times" (2009)
A new weekly feature on the Blog, the Arendt Center uses its video archives to remember all of the exciting events it has hosted over the years. This week, it revisits the first panel of its second annual fall conference, "The Burden of Our Times."07-03-2014
Florence Scovel Shinn on Thinking
American artist Florence Scovel Shinn's Thoughts on Thinking.07-02-2014
Amor Mundi 6/29/14
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the quantitative nature of soccer, appreciate the power of citizen journalism abroad, and wonder about how people are connected to their digital avatars.06-30-2014
Arendt and Exceptionalism
Jennie Han explores Arendt's notion of exceptionlism via two modern examples--the "New American" student and the extraordinary father figure.06-30-2014
The Banality of Evil and Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" seems to resonate with Hannah Arendt's notion of the "banality of evil." However, there are important distinctions that separate these conceptualizations of human brutality and inhumanity.06-28-2014