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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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Art, Science, and Anti-Humanism
I stopped in at the “Systematic” exhibit now on at the Zabludowicz Collection in London and received a tour by two of the gallery assistants, David Angus and Chloe Cooper. The exhibit, curated by Ellen Mara De Wachter, confronts the question of the place of the human being and the role of the artist at a time when individuals and humans are being subsumed by rational, social, and scientific systems. Featuring 18 works by 8 artists, the exhibit raises the fundamental question of our time: what does it mean to be human in an increasingly inhuman age?07-21-2010