Tradition and the Modern Age | Between Past and Future, Chapter 1
A close reading and discussion of the first chapter in Hannah Arendt's seminal text, Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces. Through a series of eight exer...
20 Sep 202450min
Preface | Between Past and Future
The first discussion of Between Past and Future, which describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason...
13 Sep 202450min
Politics is About Power | Bonus Episode
This bonus episode explores the concept of power and control in the context of the American political system. Host Roger Berkowitz argues that the Arendtian perspective on politics is not abstract - w...
6 Sep 202429min
Q&A on Eichmann in Jerusalem | Bonus Episode
The Hannah Arendt Center's Virtual Reading Group just finished reading and discussing Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem, and we collected questions from our members and podcast listeners for a new...
30 Aug 202437min
Conversation with John McWhorter and Ayishat Akanbi at the Alpine Fellowship Symposium on Language | Bonus Episode
With our reading group on hiatus this August, we bring you another special episode of the podcast! In this episode we delve into race and language. Recorded live at the Alpine Fellowship Foundation Sy...
23 Aug 202447min
An Arendtian Perspective on Fake Quotes | Bonus Episode
Why create a fake Hannah Arendt quotation when so many real ones express a similar viewpoint? And, does it matter? While on break from our chapter readings, we bring you a special episode of the podca...
16 Aug 202440min
A Conversation with Bill T. Jones on Respectful Disagreement | Bonus Episode
On break from our chapter readings, we continue our series of bonus episodes with a conversation between our host, Roger Berkowitz, and Bill T. Jones, the Tony Award-winning artist, choreographer, and...
9 Aug 202423min
Eichmann in Jerusalem: Bettina Stangneth
A discussion of Bettina Stangneth's Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer (New York: Random House 2014) Chapter 2, Eichmann in Conversation, p. 234-311 ABOUT: Produced by...
2 Aug 202459min
