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The Crisis of Authority

Roger Berkowitz discusses how a respect for authority and adulthood is integral to our ability to love ourselves and the world.

Video Archives - “Blogging and the New Public Intellectual – A Conversation with Jay Rosen and Megan Garber” (2013)

This week, we look back on a conversation Roger Berkowitz, Walter Russell Mead, Jay Rosen, and Megan Garber had on the state of journalism today.

A Note of Gratitude

Our Library feature this week is a note to Arendt thanking her for her help on a particular translation of Martin Heidegger's "Being and Time."

Helen Keller on Thinking

Helen Keller provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 9/7/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we examine Bettina Stangneth's treatment of Adolf Eichmann, appreciate the moment of discovery when seeking to learn a foreign language, appreciate Zephyr Teachout's research into the national legacy of corruption in American politics, and much more.

Work and Culture

Hans Teerds discusses how the notion of work, often overlooked by other Arendt scholars, helps to produce a sharable world of things that is integral to the preservation of culture.

Did Eichmann Think?

Roger Berkowitz discusses Bettina Stangneth's book "Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer" and argues that Arendt's report on the banality of evil has withstood the test of time, history, and countless critiques.

On Mark Lilla on Hannah Arendt

Roger Berkowitz addresses a few of the common sources of anger and contempt that are leveled against Hannah Arendt's "Eichmann in Jerusalem."

The Hannah Arendt Library

We welcome the return of our weekly Library feature.