On Violence III | Crises of the Republic
In this episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz summarizes part three of Hannah Arendt’s “On Violence,” reviewing the essay’s structure: action (not only violence) can interrupt historical processes; ...
10 Apr 1h 7min
The Hell That is War Has Lost Its Power | Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz revisits and updates his latest columns on “The Hell That is War Has Lost Its Power,” arguing that modern war, though more precise and destructive...
3 Apr 20min
On Violence II | Crises of the Republic
In this week's episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz focuses on the second section of Hannah Arendt's essay "On Violence" called “Power." Recapping part one’s claim that modernity has vastly expande...
27 Mar 51min
Urgent Futures with Roger Berkowitz | Bonus Episode
We met the host of the Urgent Futures podcast, Jesse Damiani, last year, and were thrilled when he came to our 2025 conference on JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times. Afterwards, Roger Berkowitz sat d...
20 Mar 1h 54min
On Violence I | Crises of the Republic
In this episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz introduces Part One of Hannah Arendt’s 1969 essay “On Violence” from Crises of the Republic, situating it amid contemporary civil unrest, AI debates, an...
13 Mar 50min
The Case for Citizen Rule with Helene Landemore | Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode, host Roger Berkowitz interviews Helene Landemore about her new book, Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule, with a focus on how her argument for citizens’ asse...
6 Mar 1h 7min
Civil Disobedience III | Crises of the Republic
We continue our reading of Hannah Arendt’s essay “Civil Disobedience” from Crises of the Republic. Host Roger Berkowitz frames it through Mary McCarthy’s critique that civil disobedience is fundamenta...
27 Feb 1h 4min
Civil Disobedience I-II | Crises of the Republic
In this episode of the podcast, Roger Berkowitz introduces Hannah Arendt’s essay “Civil Disobedience” from Crises of the Republic. Framed by Eugene Rostow’s question about citizens’ moral relation to ...
20 Feb 1h 3min
