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Contests, Drawings, and More!

The Hannah Arendt Center lays out the rules for the many drawings and contests it has planned for this year's 100/10 membership challenge.

A Letter From Roger Berkowitz

Roger Berkowitz discusses some exciting new developments at the Hannah Arendt Center and announces this year's 100/10 member challenge.

Amor Mundi 7/20/14

In this week's Amor Mundi, we identify a Silicon Valley cliche, wonder if the end of dangerous thinking is near, celebrate the power of liberal arts, and much more.

The Story of Reconciliation

Arie Amaya-Akkermans explores the sources of Arendt's indebtedness to storytelling.

When The Hell That Is War Loses Its Power

Roger Berkowitz discusses the Hell the Middle East is fast becoming and wonders, in a world where war has lost its power as a tool of statecraft, what new tools might ultimately be able to solve interstate disputes.

Video Archives - Free Speech Lecture Delivered by Zephyr Teachout (2012)

We recall a lecture delivered by Zephyr Teachout in 2012 in which she offers a historically and philosophically rooted critique of the practice of lobbying and the connection between the legal concepts of money, power, and speech in the American political system.

Wallace Stevens on Thinking

Wallace Stevens gives his Thoughts on Thinking.

Amor Mundi 7/13/14

This week, we recognize the value of life projects such as filmmaker Richard Linklater's "Boyhood," wonder about the meaning of public art, and celebrate education as an introduction to wonder for young people.

Irony and Theodicy: Laughing out Loud about the Gravest of Moral Disorders

Scholar Michael Weinman discusses Arendt's use of the term "irony" in her report on the banality of evil.