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A Graduate Student's Shelf Library of Arendt

The Hannah Arendt Center enjoys an image of a graduate student's personal "shelf library" of Arendt in this week's Library feature.

Carl Von Clausewitz on Principles and Rules

Carl Von Clausewitz discusses the effect that rules and principles have on a thinking man in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 6/7/15

In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the Senate's passage of the USA Freedom Act, remember our appreciation for imaginative thinking, and much more.

When Power Runs Riot

Jeffrey Jurgens uses the protests in Ferguson, MO and Baltimore, MD to understand both the differences and the relations between violence and power.

The Many Origins of Totalitarianism

We appreciate several copies and translations of "The Origins of Totalitarianism" found in the Hannah Arendt Collection in this week's Library feature.

Blaise Pascal: The Thinking Reed That Is Man

French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Blaise Pascal offers up his comments on the nature of man in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 5/31/15

In our Amor Mundi, we explore how Title IX can endanger intellectual freedom on college campuses, meditate on our obsession with pictures, and much more!

Beyond Bluebeard: Arendt’s "Some Questions of Moral Philosophy"

Philip Walsh discusses some of the startling conclusions Hannah Arendt arrived at with regards to moral philosophy.

Hannah Arendt and the Ansermet's Foundations of Music

We appreciate Hannah Arendt's copy of The Foundations of music in human consciousness in this week's Library feature.