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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.

Jacques Ranciere and Hannah Arendt on Democratic Politics

Roger Berkowitz discusses the nature of democracy in the modern world and compares Jacque's Ranciere's conceptualization of this "paradoxical politics" with that of Hannah Arendt.

Video Archives - Lunchtime Talk with Victor Granado Almena (2011)

In this week's Video Archives, we look back on a Lunchtime Talk with Victor Granado Almena on cosmopolitan citizenship in a global age.

Gandhi on Thinking

Mahatma Gandhi on Thinking

Freedom, "Betweenness", and the Meaning of Politics

Laurie Naranch discusses Arendt's work to understand the meaning of politics and why she sees her answer in the relationships of individuals.

Amor Mundi 8/17/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we examine how some local police departments in the U.S. have become over-militarized, illustrate why it is still important to study the classics, and search with Peter Matthiessen for the elusive snow leopard in the Himalayas.

The Poverty of Ideas

Roger Berkowitz discusses an essay written by Raymond Guess on the failure of contemporary thinking at the hands of denial, debt, and John Rawls' philosophy.

Video Archives - Public Discussion with Roger Berkowitz and Bill Jones (2010)

This week in our Video Archives, we take a look back on a public discussion between Bill T. Jones and Roger Berkowitz on the Arendtian notion of thinking.

Marcus Aurelius on Thinking

Marcus Aurelius on Thinking