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. The opinions expressed in essays on our site are those of their authors.

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"Something has happened to the fabric of society"

This essay contrasts Mister Rogers' vision of neighborliness with the harsh treatment of legal immigrants in the United States, focusing on the case of Kseniia Petrova. It explores how class resentment and institutional silence have enabled arbitrary cruelty toward those who came here to contribute.

04-13-2025

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Hate Inc.

By Roger Berkowitz
Matt Taibbi is publishing his new book Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another alongside a series of emails. (The emails are available by subscription.) In his inaugural post, Taibbi describes why the cover of his book includes Rachel Maddow alongside Sean Hannity. Taibbi argues that Maddow is the poster-person for the rise of hate-filled journalism on the left, but he offers some praise for Maddow and argues that almost all of those journalists now criticizing her are guilty of much of the same excesses, irresponsibility, and hate mongering that she practiced.

04-07-2019

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The Words We Live By: Poetry and Philosophy in Conversation

Fred Moten and Robert Gooding-Williams in a discussion moderated by Ann Lauterbach

04-05-2019

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Student Fellow Opportunities

The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities is hiring fellows to work on the Campus Plurality Forum projects Tough Talks and Dorm Room Conversations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year.

04-02-2019