Amor Mundi

The weekly publication of the Hannah Arendt Center

What is most difficult, writes Arendt, is to love the world as it is. Loving the world means neither uncritical acceptance nor contemptuous rejection, but the unwavering facing up to and comprehension of that which is.

What we are Reading: Black Americans

By Roger Berkowitz
Nikole 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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Concentration Camps

Roger Berkowitz talks to The Independent about comments made by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about detention centers along the U.S.—Mexico border.

06-22-2019

Spotlight

What We're Reading

This week, a book review, an account of a controversial resignation, and reflections on Habermas are piquing our interest.

06-22-2019

Video

Chelsea Manning Talks About Leaking Documents to Wikileaks

From our Tough Talks lecture series, Chelsea Manning in conversation with Bard College Dean Rebecca Thomas and Bard Philosophy Professor, Kevin Duong.

06-21-2019

Article

China the Anomaly, Hannah Arendt, Totalitarianism, and the Maoist Regime

Peter Baehr writes in the European Journal of Political Theory.

06-21-2019

Quote of the Week

Three “Ideals”

This week's Quote is written by Jana Schmidt, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center in 2016-2017 and a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Humanities at Bard College in 2017.

06-21-2019