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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.

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.

Hannah Arendt -- Among Friends?

Jerome Kohn remembers Hannah Arendt on the 40th anniversary of her death.

Madame Swetchine on the Garlands of Our Thoughts

Madame Swetchine draws a metaphor between thinking and nature in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

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.

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!

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.

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.”

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!