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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.

Henri Bergson on Thinking

French philosopher Henri Bergson provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 8/31/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we recognize the anti-totalitarian tones of Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon", ask how we can repair American public discourse, reflect on ways we can seek to understand and learn from history, and much more.

Alienation from the Cartesian Change in the Meaning of Truth

Scholar Richard Barrett discusses the transformation of truth and its beauty as a result of Galileo's invention of the telescope.

The Humanities and Common Sense

Roger Berkowitz observes the unnecessarily specialized nature of humanities scholarship in today's colleges and universities and offers some remarks on how this can be remedied.

Sylvia Plath on Thinking

Sylvia Plath provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 8/24/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we recognize the continuing relevance of humanities in the university system, identify the emptiness and fear that motivates modern-day antisemitism and Islamophobia, reflect on the world that allowed the ISIS militant group to emerge, and much more.