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The Nature of Totalitarianism
Listen to the great Jean-Luc Godard deliver a monologue from Hannah Arendt’s essay “The Nature of Totalitarianism.”Link to video
12-10-2021
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Chelsea Manning Talks About Leaking Documents to Wikileaks
From our Tough Talks lecture series, Chelsea Manning in conversation with Bard College Dean Rebecca Thomas and Bard Philosophy Professor, Kevin Duong.06-21-2019
Virtual Reading Group: The Life of the Mind
The group discusses Introduction, The World’s Phenomenal Nature, (True) Being and (Mere) Appearance: and the Two World Theory 06-14-2019
Why Arendt Matters: Celso Lafer
Roger Berkowitz talks with Celso Lafer for our video series.06-07-2019
Why Arendt Matters: Bill T Jones
Roger Berkowitz talks with choregrapher and director Bill T. Jones about the importance of Hannah Arendt's ideas and writings. 05-31-2019
Why Arendt Matters:
David Brin
Why Arendt Matters is a series of short video interviews with prominent writers and thinkers. This week, we replay an episode with David Brin, science fiction writer and futurist. 05-16-2019
The Virtual Reading Group
A monthly reading group focused on the written works of Hannah Arendt, led by Roger Berkowitz, Director of the Hannah Arendt Center.05-02-2019
Thinking Under Siege: Masha Gessen
A presentation and discussion from the Hannah Arendt Center's 10th Annual Fall Conference, Crises of Democracy: Thinking in Dark Times04-26-2019
Tough Talk: They Mistook a Backlash for a Movement: Black Men and the Doom of Western Civilization
This talk was presented as a part of The Hannah Arendt Center's Tough Talk Lecture Series, organized by Bard student Mark Williams, Jr.. Introductions by Roger Berkowitz, Director and Founder of the Hannah Arendt Center, and Mark Williams, Jr.. Discussion moderated by Bard alum, Dana Miranda '14.04-17-2019