Posts

Jean Racine on Thinking

Jean Racine provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 9/14/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we recognize the similarities between art and athleticism, reflect on President Obama's unexpected embrace of unilateralism, examine human relationships in an increasingly mechanized world, and much more.

Walter Benjamin and "Drilling" for Pearls

Laurie Naranch discusses Walter Benjamin and Hannah Arendt's shared investment in literary pearls, fragments, and moments.

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.