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Taking White Interests Seriously?
By Roger BerkowitzIsaac Chotiner of The New Yorker interviews Eric Kauffman about his new book Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities. Kauffman’s book looks analyzes a double insight...
05-26-2019
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A Meditation on Arendt, Rilke, & Guns
The despair expressed in Rilke's Duino Elegies is an expression of our human world and as such distills the loss we feel from gun violence.12-06-2015
Amor Mundi 12/6/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we explore the promise of the Rojava settlement, reflect on ISIS's appeal to love as a recruitment tactic, and much more.12-06-2015
Hannah Arendt -- Among Friends?
Jerome Kohn remembers Hannah Arendt on the 40th anniversary of her death.12-03-2015
Madame Swetchine on the Garlands of Our Thoughts
Madame Swetchine draws a metaphor between thinking and nature in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.12-01-2015
A Home Away From Home
Jennie Han explores the concept of “home” with respect to our discussions of the ongoing student protests on American college campuses.11-29-2015
Amor Mundi 11/29/15
In this week's Amor Mundi, we explore the real issues behind the ongoing student protests, examine the role of race in Oscar Pitorius' trial, and much more!11-29-2015
Theodore H. White on Thinking Unlike Your Friends
Theodore H. White discusses what it means to go against the thinking of your friends in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.11-24-2015
Amor Mundi 11/22/15
In our Amor Mundi, we reflect on the rhetoric used by student protests, explore the question of the United States accepting Syrian refugees, and more!11-22-2015
The Politics of Kafka
Arendt reconstructs from Kafka's work a writer inspired by a world “in which the actions of man depend on nothing but himself and his spontaneity.”11-22-2015