This week, we’re reading #hannaharendt essay #civildisobedience in our #virtualreadinggroup. We’ll spend two weeks with this juicy essay! Join the #VRG at hac.bard.edu and find it on YouTube and on our #ReadingHannahArendt with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social #podcast

Was Arendt Wrong? by Roger Berkowitz

"During a talk last week in Bozeman, Montana, I was asked to give examples of when #HannahArendt was wrong. The question is disarmingly simple." - @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social

Read the essay at medium.com/amor-mundi/w... and subscribe to our weekly newsletter, #AmorMundi, at hac.bard.edu.

What Hannah Arendt Can Teach Us Today - Roger Berkowitz | #63 YouTube video by Jesse Damiani

Out now! @jessedamiani.bsky.social interviews @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social at the Arendt Center for @urgentfutures.bsky.social

Watch now at youtu.be/dP4BxIjP2JY?...

Who Are We? Thoughts on the American Constitution by Roger Berkowitz

What we are witnessing today is not simply unrest or disorder, but a struggle over constitutional meaning itself. medium.com/amor-mundi/w...

Sometimes We Have to Choose Humanity Over Justice Roger Berkowitz on Hannah Arendt, world alienation, and why we need friendships in which we can tell inappropriate jokes

Read @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social talk from last April at the PolyOpportunity Retreat in the Hudson Valley.

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Antonia Grunenberg and Roger Berkowitz at Maxim Gorki Theater

Books on display

Flyers on display

Programm of the event and bios of participants

VERSTEHEN WAS IST. Ein Tag für #HannahArendt mit @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social im Gespräch mit Antonia Grunenberg über "Die Zerstörung der Freiheit und die Fähigkeit zum Neubeginn".
...und unsere Bücher sind auch dabei!
@hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social

#Arendt #PoliticalTheory #Freedom

Friendship and the Foundations of Politics by Roger Berkowitz

In this week's essay for #AmorMundi, @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social discusses Friendship and the Foundations of Politics. Find it on Medium here: medium.com/amor-mundi/f...

So glad you listen and enjoy!

The Bitter Pill of Post-Truth: Learning to Live in Plurality by Roger Berkowitz

In his most recent essay, @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social explores how confirmation bias presses us to choose between truth and power.

Read more at medium.com/amor-mundi/t...

#HannahArendt #truth #power #AmorMundi

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of one of the 20th century's most influential political thinkers, Hannah Arendt (October 14, 1906 - December 4, 1975).

What #HannahArendt book has most impacted your thinking?

@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @tbartscherer.bsky.social #AmorMundi

Foundation II: Novus Ordo Saeclorum | On Revolution, Chapter 5 #HannahArendt #podcast #shorts YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College

New episode of Reading #HannahArendt with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social is out now! Find it on hac.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Just a couple more sessions with On Revolution before we post lots of great conversations before our next read!

On Teaching by Roger Berkowitz

On #teaching: “While critical thinking is an important skill, what teachers teach … is enthusiasm and a love of #learning. The great teachers are the lovers of learning. What they teach, above all, is the experience of discovery.” – @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social medium.com/amor-mundi/o...

Foundation I: Constitution Liberatis | On Revolution, Chapter 4 #hannaharendt #podcast YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College

New episode of "Reading Hannah Arendt with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social" out now! Find it wherever you get your podcasts! #HannahArendt

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The Hannah Arendt Center presents "JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times" on 10/16-10/17 The Hannah Arendt Center's 17th annual fall conference, “JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times,” will offer a crucial lens for finding meaning and connection amidst today's fractured world. Bringing tog...

Why do we need JOY and how did we come to curate this year’s #ArendtCon2025 speakers? Hear @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social go in-depth on @wamcradio.bsky.social with Joe Donahue. #HannahArendt #JoyInDarkTimes

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Book 135: The Life of the Mind by Hannah Arendt

h/t to @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social for choosing this for book club / prompting me to revisit this brilliant text. If only we hadn’t lost her before she penned JUDGING…

#booksky #bookchallenge #philsky #academicsky

Hannah Arendt Facing Tyranny Screening and Discussion Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny takes a closer look at one of the most fearless political writers of modern times. This is a rare opportunity to watch the film, which is being introduced by award-winnin...

Join us tonight at 6p for a film screening of #HannahArendt Facing Tyranny at @bardcollege.bsky.social! With snacks and Q&A with the film makers, @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social, and Leon Botstein.

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Thanks so much Rebecca

Wow. Love this.

JOY Conference Trailer #shorts YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College

View our new conference commercial and register to join us in October at hac.bard.edu at @bardcollege.bsky.social

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@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social #arendtcon2025 #joyindarktimes #hannaharendt

9/17/25 Panel The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and Professo...

Thanks to @wamcradio.bsky.social for having @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social back on The Roundtable yesterday!

Listen here:

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Hannah Arendt's The Life of the Mind, Book II Willing, Conclusions, Sections 13, 14, and 15 #shorts YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College

New episode of Reading #HannahArendt with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social out now on hac.podbean.com!

We just finished our reading of "The Life of the Mind" and today we start "On Revolution." Learn more at hac.bard.edu.

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The Hannah Arendt Center Virtual Reading Group begins a new book this week, On Revolution #shorts YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College

Our #VirtualReadingGroup starts a new book this week! Join now, or listen later on the #podcast #ReadingHannahArendt with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social

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In this bonus episode of our podcast, host @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social reads from and discusses his two recent essays. (Find them on Medium and in the podcast show notes!)

Out now at hac.podbean.com.

#philosophy #politics #illiberalism #Stalinism #Maoism #Trumpism #ReadingHannahArendt #podcast

On the Maoist and Stalinist roots and f Trumpism

Thanks @jasongoroncy.bsky.social and @sallydouglas.bsky.social

Commentary: A chilling silence as rights, and people, vanish As ICE spreads out across America, cracks are forming in the rule of law.

Commentary: A chilling silence as rights, and people, vanish www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

On Tyranny, Its Causes, and Our Personal Responsibility by Roger Berkowitz

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Hannah Arendt's The Life of the Mind, Book II Willing, Chapter 3, Sections 11 and 12 #short YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College

New episode of Reading #HannahArendt with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social out now on your favorite #podcast platform! This week’s philosophical debate: memory!

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Thanks @jasongoroncy.bsky.social

thrilled to be on the @laphamsquarterly.bsky.social podcast with Donovan Hohn. Great conversation about Civil Disobedience.