Featured Article
A Carnival of Destruction
The elite's complicity in mass movements lies in their thrill at unmasking societal hypocrisy, yet this descent into shamelessness fuels a carnival of destruction that empowers mob rule. Straddling the line between boldness and brazen disregard, figures like Trump and Musk embody the seductive but corrosive allure of totalitarian nihilism.11-17-2024
All Categories
Arendt and Scholem
By Samantha HillNathan Goldman reviews The Correspondence Between Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem for the L.A. Review of Books.
03-22-2019
Panel Discussion: Greg Lukianoff, Suzanne Nossel, Angus Johnston
This panel discussion was part of the Hannah Arendt Center's 2016 conference, 'REAL TALK: Difficult Questions about Race, Sex and Religion'.01-10-2019
Minority Rule and State Federalism
11-16-2018
Racism and Antisemitism
Antisemitism has suddenly inserted itself into the questions of privilege and racism in the wake of the marches in Charlottesville and the attacks in Pittsburgh. What is not often recognized, however, is that White nationalist groups in the United States are founded upon an antisemitic ideology.11-10-2018
American Citizenship
“these citizens are united only by one thing, and that’s a big thing: that is, you become a citizen of the United States by consenting to its Constitution. The Constitution… is the constant remembrance of a sacred act, the act of foundation. And the foundation is to make a union out of wholly disparate ethnic minorities and religions, and still (a) have a union and (b) not assimilate or level down these differences.”—Arendt, 1973
11-04-2018
Understanding Trump
I doubt Mr. Trump has much to say about Hegel. But he may be the kind of instinctive statesman that Hegel described - a figure who has harnessed and embodied forces that he himself only half-understands. By contrast I fear that Mr. Macron, learned though he is, currently looks more like the embodiment of a dying order. —Gideon Rachman10-28-2018