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Enjoy this session of the recent VRG series on Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition, led by Roger Berkowitz.
The Virtual Reading Group
Members Participate for Free! Members of the Hannah Arendt Center and Bard College students are invited to join us for the Virtual Reading Group, held regularly online and led by Hannah Arendt Center Founder Roger Berkowitz.
"I stumbled upon the HAC online, began listening to the Reading Hannah Arendt podcast, and I felt like I had found one of the missing pieces I’d been searching for." - Joseph Lightfoot, Los Angeles, CA
“I joined the HAC because I love Hannah Arendt and her work. She was a brilliant woman of great physical, moral, and intellectual courage. I like everything about being a member, but most of all the Virtual Reading Group archives. Whenever I'm returning to one of Arendt's works, there's a VRG series I can call up and watch the discussion as I read. I also enjoy the newsletter and all of Roger's essays.” - Tom Panelas, Chicago, IL
“Roger Berkowitz deserves a wider readership of his comments on current affairs. The world would be a better place if his analysis were applied to daily political thinking. And an organization that keeps Hannah Arendt's thinking and writing alive in the world is to be commended and supported. Arendt's analysis of Totalitarianism should always be studied and referenced in political life.” - Stella de Vulder, Sydney Australia
MEMBER TESTIMONIALS
“I have been enriched by every program that I have attended. Thinking with Arendt gives a framework for every discussion, publication and presentation, a place to start, a place to think with and a place to return to.” - Wendy Chappel, Mississauga, Ont, Canada
“Reading, appreciating, comprehending, & critiquing the works of Arendt is a life-long project for me. Participating in the VRG has provided me with a renewed sense of the vitality, originality, and continuing relevance of Arendt’s thought. Indeed, when I first learned about “dark times,” I thought that we were experiencing another “dark times” in the 1970s. But it seems positively idyllic compared to the present. And through the VRG, we’ve not only been able to explore Arendt’s insights with others interested in her project, but to think about how her insights apply today. All-in-all, a rewarding and enlightening experience.” - Stephen Greenleaf, member since 2020
"Being even minimally informed these days requires-- if relentless stress is to be avoided-- well-founded philosophical and moral bearings. Arendt gained these with such intellectual power and grace that her writings are a salvation now. I am so happy when I see her cited regularly in the publications I read. She has become a resource that can reliably and responsibly help to bail us out when cultural/political despair seem to be all that looms." - Michelle von Koch, Rhinebeck, NY
“I feel more confident putting my own ideas and questions into the world as a result of having read Arendt and hearing from Berkowitz and other members of the HAC community, and I have a greater sense of optimism about the future. Beyond the intellectual reward I feel as a member, I am continuously impressed by the organization's administrative apparatus—all of its programs are carefully conceived and executed; communications are timely, reliable, and transparent; and the HAC builds exciting and unexpected bridges between the academy and public and civic institutions.” - Sarah E. Rogers Morris, Washington, DC
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“Thank you for the Virtual Reading Group. I have been a member and have enjoyed attending for over three years. This group is a modern miracle, allowing people to access these materials in an open and contemporary way. I've had many breakthrough moments reading Arendt with you. I sometimes listen to the podcast or watch videos on YouTube to gain new insights.” - Sean Young, Eugene, OR
“Hannah Arendt's view of political activism helped me better envision my commitment to a life of action on behalf of social justice and political reform, so I have benefited greatly from Roger Berkowitz's explication of her reasoning process specifically and the Center's promotion of her worldview generally. This is my third renewal!” - Alex Knopp, Norwalk, CT
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