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George Bernard Shaw on Thinking

George Bernard Shaw provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

The Nation Principle

Michiel Bot explores Arendt's understanding of the "national idea" as one of the origins of totalitarianism.

Amor Mundi 11/23/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we learn about the adverse health effects of loneliness, perceive the inextricable ties between integrity and privacy and how both are threatened in the age of surveillance, lament the overly scholasticized nature of teaching in America, and much more!

Video Archives - "Lying and Politics: Democracy and Lying" (2011)

In this week's Video Archives, we remember a talk George Kateb gave at our 2011 annual fall conference on the ideal of governmental transparency.

Arendt and Goethe

In this week's Library feature, we appreciate Arendt's impressive collection of Goethe's works.

Carl Sagan on Thinking

Carl Sagan provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 11/16/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on how one's living environment growing up affects one's future, wonder whether privacy exists in our networked society, realize the exponential decline of innovation, and much more.

Obedience and Political Affairs

Johannes Lang discusses Arendt's critique of obedience in political and moral matters.

The Art of Arendt

In our Library feature, we appreciate Arendt's deep love of art.