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Congratulations to Michiel Bot!

We congratulate Michiel Bot, one of our post-doctoral fellows, on receiving the Witteveen Memorial Fellowship in Law and Humanities at Tilburg University.

Tolstoy on Thinking

Leo Tolstoy provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Manifesting in the Wake of Charlie Hebdo

Etienne Tassin discusses how we can use Arendt to understand the political success of those demonstrators who rallied together in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.

Amor Mundi 2/15/15

In this week's Amor Mundi, we investigate the increasing use of shell corporations in high-end real estate, reflect on the changing disposition of the public intellectual, comment on the dynamic nature of blogging, and much more.

The Hannah Arendt Library: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

In this week's Library feature, we appreciate the influence of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on Hannah Arendt's writings.

Seneca on Thinking

Seneca provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Political Lies: Altering Facts and Rewriting History

Richard A. Barrett discusses how political lies not only skew history but also undermine a political actor's ability to engage with reality.

Amor Mundi 2/8/15

In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the transformation of artists into creative entrepreneurs, meditate on the fragility of our common world, recognize the importance of "popular art," and much more.

Hannah Arendt Library: The History of Florence

In this week's Library feature, we appreciate a particular passage that Arendt underlined in Machiavelli's history of Florence.