Join Roger Berkowitz as he discusses the works of German Jewish political theorist Hannah Arendt (1906-1975).
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Our Current Book:
The Origins of TotalitarianismOur podcast follows the book that we are reading in our current Virtual Reading Group (VRG), which meets weekly on Fridays at 1 PM EST. We are currently reading Arendt's classic analysis of the 20th century, The Origins of Totalitarianism. In Origins, Arendt tracks the rise of Fascism and Communism and explores what differentiates these regimes from past authoritarian systems. Read an overiew of Arendt and her life here. Or click below to read more about our beloved reading group and see our full reading schedule.
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The HostRoger Berkowitz is Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College. He is editor of The Perils of Invention: Lying, Technology, and the Human Condition and co-editor of Thinking in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt on Ethics and Politics (2009), and Artifacts of Thinking: Reading Hannah Arendt's Denktagebuch (2017). Berkowitz edits HA: The Journal of the Hannah Arendt Center and the weekly newsletter Amor Mundi. He is the winner of the 2019 Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought given by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Germany.
Edited by Alex Fox Tschan
Audio Editor, Production Consultant, & Original Score: Alex Fox Tschan at "The Fox & The Sound" studio in Brooklyn, NY. Visit his website at pastelhell.com