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Hannah Arendt and the Working Class

We appreciate the annotations Hannah Arendt made to E. P. Thompson's "The Making of the English Working Class" in this week's Library feature.

Albert Camus on Thinking People Resisting the Executioners

Albert Camus discusses the responsibility of thinking people in a world of victims and executioners in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 11/15/15

In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on Arendt's understanding of evil and good in wake of the Paris attacks, scrutinize farmers markets, and much more!

On the Justice of Institutions and of Persons: Impartiality and Dependency in Martha Nussbaum and Hannah Arendt

Arendt scarcely addressed distributive justice, but her reasoning could augment that of Martha Nussbaum, who criticized the liberal model of John Rawls.

Hannah Arendt and the Links of a Thinker

Christo Datso shares an image of his personal Arendt library that attempts to convey how every thinker, including Arendt, comes into connection with others.

William James on the True, the Right, and the Expedient

William James reflects on the true and the right as expedients in the way of our thinking in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Busy Nobody

While human natality can make freedom appear and disappear, the busy nobody also has the capacity to block the initiative that would manifest human freedom.

Amor Mundi 11/8/15

In this week's Amor Mundi, we explore a culture of 'vindictive protectiveness' at Yale, reflect on the democratic utility of libraries, and much more!

Hannah Arendt and Reading for Change

Connel Fanning recently shared this image from his Reading for Change Book Club featuring Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem.