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The Political Uses of Shame
Manu Samnotra argues that shame—an intensely private emotion—can play an important role in political engagement. Building on Hannah Arendt’s writings, Samnotra argues that shame can motivate people to create political spaces and engage in political action.01-14-2021
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Podcast: Living with Honor, part of our special series: Thinking the Plague
Roger Berkowitz speaks with Uday Mehta, Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York.04-09-2020
Arendt, Freedom, and Protest
Arendt Center Founder and Director Roger Berkowitz speaks with Toby Buckle in the Political Theory Podcast on Arendt’s idea of freedom and protest. The conversation includes discussions of constitutionalism, lottery-based citizen assemblies, the revitalization of democracy, and the basic question of “What we are fighting for?”
03-21-2020
HAC Podcast Episode 3: Twilight of the Gods, with Antonia Grunenberg
A talk delivered at the Hannah Arendt Center, November 25, 2019, on Walter Benjamin‘s project of founding a political metaphysics in secular times – and Hannah Arendt‘s answer01-03-2020
Episode 2 - Seyla Benhabib
Join Roger Berkowitz as he talks with Seyla Benhabib, the Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University. Her new book, Exile, Statelessness, and Migration explores the intertwined lives, careers, and writings of a group of prominent Jewish intellectuals during the mid-twentieth century, including Hannah Arendt, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Isaiah Berlin, and many others.11-26-2019
Sunday Listening: An Interview
With Roger Berkowitz
In advance of the Hannah Arendt Center's 12th Annual Fall Conference, titled "Racism and Antisemitism," Hillary Harvey interviews HAC founder and academic director Roger Berkowitz. 09-14-2019
The Courage to Be Lectures: Mariame Kaba
Mariame Kaba, “Courage is Contagious:” Police Torture, Reparations & Making #BlackLivesMatter in Chicago08-06-2017
Why Arendt Matters - Celso Lafer
Arendt scholar, student, and former foreign and commerce minister of Brazil, Celso Lafer, and Why Arendt Matters.08-03-2017
"Artifacts of Thinking: Reading Arendt's Denktagebuch" Book Release and Panel Discussion
"Artifacts of Thinking: Reading Arendt's Denktagebuch" Book Release and Panel Discussion06-02-2017
Virtual Reading Group 26 Discussion: "Tradition and The Modern Age"
Virtual Reading Group 26 Discussion: "Tradition and The Modern Age"12-08-2016