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Quote of the Week

A weekly quote from Hannah Arendt examined through the lens of a scholar

Totalitarianism and Modern Politics

Totalitarianism and Modern Politics

“Once such an event as the spontaneous uprising in Hungary has happened, every policy, theory and forecast of future potentialities needs…
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Jan 22
Woman as Witness, Beginner, Philosopher

Woman as Witness, Beginner, Philosopher

In “Regarding the Cave” the Italian feminist philosopher Adriana Cavarero offers a reading of Plato’s allegory of the cave that expands on…
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The Hannah Arendt Center
Mar 13, 2020
Power, Arrest, Dispersal

Power, Arrest, Dispersal

This essay was first published on November 7, 2011
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Jan 31, 2020
Reading Arendt in the Era of #MeToo

Reading Arendt in the Era of #MeToo

“I am not at all disturbed about being a woman professor because I am quite used to being a woman.”
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Jan 29, 2020
“How is possible to learn something new from history?”

“How is possible to learn something new from history?”

It is well-known that Hannah Arendt was a German Jewish political theorist who dedicated her life to understanding the meaning of…
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Dec 20, 2019
Below the Surface.

Below the Surface.

Underlying beliefs that most of us share
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Dec 5, 2019
How Race Appears

How Race Appears

In The Human Condition, Hannah Arendt laid out her concept of the polis — literally, an ancient Greek city state, but defined more broadly…
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Nov 21, 2019
November 11th, 2019 — Veterans Day

November 11th, 2019 — Veterans Day

Hannah Arendt and World War I: on statelessness and the rise of totalitarian regimes
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Nov 11, 2019
Migration as Avant-Garde A Book Review

Migration as Avant-Garde A Book Review

“Refugees driven from country to country represent the vanguard of their peoples — if they keep their identity.”[1]
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Sep 11, 2019
Why tell a story?

Why tell a story?

“We must try to think and to judge and to act not without taking account of the past but without trusting the validity of any so-called…
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Sep 5, 2019
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