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Quote of the Week
A weekly quote from Hannah Arendt examined through the lens of a scholar
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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…
The Hannah Arendt Center
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…
The Hannah Arendt Center
Mar 13, 2020
Power, Arrest, Dispersal
Power, Arrest, Dispersal
This essay was first published on November 7, 2011
The Hannah Arendt Center
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.”
The Hannah Arendt Center
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…
The Hannah Arendt Center
Dec 20, 2019
Below the Surface.
Below the Surface.
Underlying beliefs that most of us share
The Hannah Arendt Center
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…
The Hannah Arendt Center
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
The Hannah Arendt Center
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]
The Hannah Arendt Center
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…
The Hannah Arendt Center
Sep 5, 2019
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