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What we are Reading: Black Americans
By Roger BerkowitzNikole Hannah-Jones is well aware that she is “part of the first generation of black Americans in the history of the United States to be born into a society in which black people had full rights of citizenship.” She writes that while “Black people suffered under slavery for 250 years; we have been legally “free” for just 50.” And she believes that “in that briefest of spans, despite continuing to face rampant discrimination...
08-19-2019
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Presuppositions: Reply to Benhabib and Jay
Raymond Geuss responds to Seyla Benhabib’s rejoinder. View the debate via the links below the full text of the essay.07-13-2019
Journal Feature: The Destiny of Freedom
This essay was oringally published in HA: The Journal of the Hannah Arendt Center.07-12-2019
The Fundamental Chord: Remembering Carl Heidenreich
We first published this essay by Max L. Feldman earlier this year.06-29-2019
Is Liberal Democracy Our Future?
This talk was a part of the Hannah Arendt Center's 10th annual conference, "Crises of Democracy: Thinking in Dark Times".06-29-2019
Gerrymandering and State Power
Roger Berkowitz takes a look at political power in American in light of last week's Supreme Court decision on partisan gerrymandering.06-29-2019
The Refugee Question
This week, we republish a Quote from Nikita Nelin on Arendt and the plight of refugees.06-29-2019
Ethical Questions
In an article for The Intercept, Peter Maass raises questions about when non-profit institutions should question the ethical actions of their donors.06-29-2019
Ignoring history and ignoring the law
Bari Weiss and David Bromwich write about the literal erasing of history, and "non-attachment to the rule of law" at the highest levels.06-29-2019
Human Being in an Inhuman Age
Roger Berkowitz wrote this essay, first published in the HA Journal, on Arendt, the technological revolution, and the singularity.06-29-2019