@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
📤 290
📥 147
📝 33
Founder and academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College.
reposted by
Jason Goroncy
14 days ago
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...
loading . . .
On Teaching
by Roger Berkowitz
https://medium.com/amor-mundi/on-teaching-e1ad2018abb3
1
5
2
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
9 days ago
New episode of "Reading Hannah Arendt with
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
" out now! Find it wherever you get your podcasts!
#HannahArendt
youtube.com/shorts/dhCkY...
loading . . .
Foundation I: Constitution Liberatis | On Revolution, Chapter 4 #hannaharendt #podcast
YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College
https://youtube.com/shorts/dhCkYmOZYYg?si=0LrrWnJiYEzxw1iL
0
4
1
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
about 2 months ago
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
www.wamc.org/podcast/the-...
loading . . .
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...
https://www.wamc.org/podcast/the-roundtable/2025-10-01/the-hannah-arendt-center-presents-joy-loving-the-world-in-dark-times-on-10-16-10-17
0
5
3
reposted by
Rebecca Taylor FRSA
about 2 months ago
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
1
8
3
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
about 2 months ago
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.
hac.bard.edu/hannah-arend...
loading . . .
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...
https://hac.bard.edu/hannah-arendt-facing-tyranny-screening-and-discussion
0
2
1
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
2 months ago
View our new conference commercial and register to join us in October at
hac.bard.edu
at
@bardcollege.bsky.social
youtu.be/ZfIqgkUFGEs?...
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
#arendtcon2025
#joyindarktimes
#hannaharendt
loading . . .
JOY Conference Trailer #shorts
YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College
https://youtu.be/ZfIqgkUFGEs?feature=shared
1
7
3
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
about 2 months ago
Thanks to
@wamcradio.bsky.social
for having
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
back on The Roundtable yesterday! Listen here:
www.wamc.org/podcast/the-...
loading . . .
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...
https://www.wamc.org/podcast/the-roundtable/2025-09-17/9-17-25-panel
0
3
1
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
2 months ago
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
.
youtube.com/shorts/YFV3L...
loading . . .
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
https://youtube.com/shorts/YFV3L5ab0dU?feature=shared
0
2
1
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
2 months ago
Our
#VirtualReadingGroup
starts a new book this week! Join now, or listen later on the
#podcast
#ReadingHannahArendt
with
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/SVURV...
loading . . .
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
https://youtube.com/shorts/SVURVAr9WEg?feature=shared
0
2
1
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
2 months ago
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
loading . . .
0
3
1
On the Maoist and Stalinist roots and f Trumpism
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
0
1
0
Thanks
@jasongoroncy.bsky.social
and
@sallydouglas.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
0
0
0
Commentary: A chilling silence as rights, and people, vanish
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
loading . . .
Commentary: A chilling silence as rights, and people, vanish
As ICE spreads out across America, cracks are forming in the rule of law.
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/commentary-chilling-silence-rights-people-20807225.php
3 months ago
0
1
0
medium.com/amor-mundi/o...
loading . . .
On Tyranny, Its Causes, and Our Personal Responsibility
by Roger Berkowitz
https://medium.com/amor-mundi/on-tyranny-its-causes-and-our-personal-responsibility-411f12a41c07
3 months ago
0
1
1
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
3 months ago
New episode of Reading
#HannahArendt
with
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
out now on your favorite
#podcast
platform! This week’s philosophical debate: memory!
youtube.com/shorts/m8gcP...
loading . . .
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
https://youtube.com/shorts/m8gcPb4Zs3s?feature=shared
0
4
1
Thanks
@jasongoroncy.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
1
1
0
thrilled to be on the
@laphamsquarterly.bsky.social
podcast with Donovan Hohn. Great conversation about Civil Disobedience.
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
0
3
2
reposted by
Lapham’s Quarterly
4 months ago
This week on the podcast, Donovan Hohn sits down for a conversation with
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
.
www.laphamsquarterly.org/content/epis...
loading . . .
Episode 9: Roger Berkowitz
The latest episode of The World in Time.
https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/content/episode-9-roger-berkowitz
0
4
3
Gerrymandering, JĂĽnger, total war, and the threat to the republic.
medium.com/amor-mundi/w...
loading . . .
When Politics Becomes “Maximum Warfare, Everywhere, All the Time”
by Roger Berkowitz
https://medium.com/amor-mundi/when-politics-becomes-maximum-warfare-everywhere-all-the-time-c5770410178c
4 months ago
0
1
0
ICE is expanding into something colder, harder, more dangerous. Disappearances. Masks. Silence. Hannah Arendt warned what comes next. Read my latest: Dangerous Ice, featuring Sophie Cabot Black’s haunting poem. @sophiecabotblac
medium.com/p/ed9c707ad212
loading . . .
Dangerous Ice
by Roger Berkowitz
https://medium.com/p/ed9c707ad212
4 months ago
0
3
1
In amor mundi we kid poetry and horror. Arendt and Ice. Https://conta.cc/4lRgOHg
4 months ago
0
0
0
How to be Decent in an Indecent society. You need to listen to Ian Buruma on this essential question.
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
@marcishore.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
0
1
0
Samantha Fazekas' "Hannah Arendt's Unwritten Chapter on Judging" is fantastic. The inaugural volume in the new Series "Thinking With Arendt". Absolutely essential reading.
@degruyterbrill.bsky.social
@arendtedition.bsky.social
@hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social
@samantharhill.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
0
3
1
civil disobedience are not peripheral to democratic life, but lie at the very heart of American democracy.
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
@hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social
@arendtedition.bsky.social
@bardcollege.bsky.social
loading . . .
Hannah Arendt taught us that civil disobedience is essential to American democracy | American Masters | PBS
Scholar Roger Berkowitz shares how Hannah Arendt saw civil disobedience as a collective and political act that renews democracy by holding power
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/hannah-arendt-taught-us-that-civil-disobedience-is-essential-to-american-democracy/36201/
4 months ago
0
5
2
How to live as a decent person in an indecent society. Ian Buruma asks the right questions.
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
0
2
0
Why it is wrong to call Zohran Mamdani an antisemitism but right to be worried about the antisemitism of the movement he participates in.
add a skeleton here at some point
5 months ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
5 months ago
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter
#AmorMundi
for more insights from
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
on
#HannahArendt
medium.com/amor-mundi/a...
loading . . .
Antisemitism and the Anti-Semite: Accusation and Ideology
by Roger Berkowitz
https://medium.com/amor-mundi/antisemitism-and-the-anti-semite-accusation-and-ideology-040fa16c5ae9
0
3
3
reposted by
Cliff Harbour
5 months ago
It was excellent! Just the right pitch and tone. And, kudos to
@samantharhill.bsky.social
@lyndseystonebri.bsky.social
&
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
They were great and are great guides to discovering Arendt! Thank you to PBS and everyone involved. Now,… where to begin with reading Arendt?
1
10
1
reposted by
Jay Rosen
5 months ago
I had high expectations for the PBS documentary on Hannah Arendt, which premiered last night.
www.pbs.org/wnet/america...
They were exceeded. "Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny" excelled in doing just what the title says. Facing it. If you watched last night, feel free to share your reactions.
loading . . .
Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny - About the documentary | American Masters | PBS
Discover Hannah Arendt, who transformed her time as a political prisoner during World War II into daring insights about totalitarianism.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/hannah-arendt-documentary/36135/
20
399
145
youtu.be/VIDTjiBj7WA
I had so much fun giving this TEDX talk on why we need to speak our minds. Thanks to the Bard TEDX team.
@hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social
@bardcollege.bsky.social
loading . . .
Why free speech (and listening) matter | Roger Berkowitz | TEDxBard College
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
https://youtu.be/VIDTjiBj7WA
5 months ago
0
3
1
Enjoy this conversation with @jamesfishkin about deliberative democracy and citizens assemblies.
add a skeleton here at some point
5 months ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
5 months ago
"For Arendt, civil disobedience is the political activity of organized dissent against patently unjust and unconstitutional government action." -
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
in this week's
#AmorMundi
essay.
medium.com/amor-mundi/o...
Subscribe to the newsletter at
hac.bard.edu
.
#HannahArendt
loading . . .
Optimism in Dark Times
by Roger Berkowitz
https://medium.com/amor-mundi/optimism-in-dark-times-1233e2f6b67c
0
2
1
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
5 months ago
New episode of Reading
#HannahArendt
with
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
out now!
youtube.com/shorts/fia5Z...
loading . . .
Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz, The Life of the Mind, Chapter 3, Sections 18-19 #shorts
YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College
https://youtube.com/shorts/fia5Zf_yo4c?feature=shared
0
3
1
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
5 months ago
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
asked Zephyr Teachout, Professor at Fordham + author of "Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United," to weigh in on the current
#ageofcorruption
. Read the interview at
medium.com/amor-mundi/c...
Subscribe to our newsletter
#AmorMundi
!
loading . . .
Corruption and the Breaking of Democracy: An Interview with Zephyr Teachout
by Roger Berkowitz
https://medium.com/amor-mundi/corruption-and-the-breaking-of-democracy-an-interview-with-zephyr-teachout-6cee3db86316
0
5
4
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
6 months ago
“Today, what animates voters is not only economic pain or prosperity—it's the rage against hypocrisy.”
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
in this week’s essay for
#amormundi
Subscribe to our newsletter!
medium.com/amor-mundi/t...
loading . . .
The Age of Hypocrisy
by Roger Berkowitz
https://medium.com/amor-mundi/the-age-of-hypocrisy-0321c3d7c78a
0
2
3
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
6 months ago
Check out the latest highlights from our publications:
medium.com/@arendt_cent...
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
#HannahArendt
#democracy
loading . . .
Weekly Insights from our Publications
Take a look at the latest highlights from the Hannah Arendt Center:
https://medium.com/@arendt_center/weekly-insights-from-our-publications-906d9c48381f
0
1
1
reposted by
Anthony Zacharzewski
6 months ago
I can certainly imagine an active v passive divide. I was at an interesting session at
@egmontinstitute.bsky.social
yesterday with
@hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social
talking democracy being something that needs some degree of effort to be meaningful.
1
3
2
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
6 months ago
New episode out now! Find Reading
#HannahArendt
with
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
wherever you get your
#podcasts
! Sneak peek here:
youtube.com/shorts/rAlGp...
loading . . .
Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz, The Life of the Mind, Chapter 3, Sections 14-15
YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College
https://youtube.com/shorts/rAlGpzUMpmk?feature=shared
1
5
1
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
6 months ago
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
, professor of political studies and human rights and academic director of the Hannah Arendt Center at
@bardcollege.bsky.social
, wrote a Times Union op-ed defending the role that joy plays during dark times.
#ArendtCon2025
www.bard.edu/news/joy-def...
loading . . .
“Joy Is an Act of Defiance”: Op-Ed by Roger Berkowitz Featured in Times Union
Roger Berkowitz, professor of political studies and human rights and academic director of the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard, wrote a Times Union op-ed defending the role that joy plays during dark time...
https://www.bard.edu/news/joy-defiance-op-ed-roger-berkowitz-times-union-2025-05-20
0
3
2
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
6 months ago
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
, in this weekend’s newsletter, explores what makes us think. Read it here and subscribe to
#amormundi
.
medium.com/amor-mundi/t...
loading . . .
The New Phalarian Bull and the Retreat from Reality
by Roger Berkowitz
https://medium.com/amor-mundi/the-new-phalarian-bull-and-retreat-from-reality-5ddf4e07a11b
0
1
1
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
6 months ago
Highlights from the Hannah Arendt Center:
medium.com/@arendt_cent...
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
loading . . .
Highlights from the Hannah Arendt Center
Take a look at some of the latest from our publications:
https://medium.com/@arendt_center/highlights-from-the-hannah-arendt-center-1532621e7395
0
2
2
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
7 months ago
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
discusses why JOY is this year's
#ArendtCon2025
theme in yesterday's
#AmorMundi
newsletter:
medium.com/amor-mundi/t...
Subscribe at
hac.bard.edu
!
loading . . .
The Radical Politics of Joy
by Roger Berkowitz
https://medium.com/amor-mundi/the-radical-politics-of-joy-04cc5c3970a5
0
6
4
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
7 months ago
ANNOUNCING OUR 2025 FALL CONFERENCE THEME! Check out our website for more details at
hac.bard.edu
. 🤗 Stay tuned here and in our weekly newsletter for more this summer!
#HannahArendt
#AmorMundi
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
@bardcollege.bsky.social
loading . . .
0
3
1
reposted by
Watchdog Progressive
7 months ago
Excellent piece.
0
2
1
"“If this isn’t tyranny, what is?” So asks Rod Dreher, one of President Trump’s most steadfast intellectual supporters, now increasingly alarmed by the President’s abuses of power. And More from
@cchwalisz.bsky.social
on the Paris permanent citizen assembly.
medium.com/amor-mundi/t...
loading . . .
Temptations of Tyranny
by Roger Berkowitz
https://medium.com/amor-mundi/temptations-of-tyranny-4d519a471e41
7 months ago
1
5
2
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
7 months ago
Tune in tonight!
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
hosts a convo on
radiokingston.org
w/ James Romm, whose book "Plato and the Tyrant" (Norton, May 13) is a hard look at Plato's political misadventure in the Greek city of Syracuse.
0
1
2
@chatterton.bsky.social
killing it @hvif
7 months ago
1
3
1
Loving the Hudson Valley Ideas Festival w
@andrewyang2024.bsky.social
7 months ago
0
0
0
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
7 months ago
New episode of Reading Hannah Arendt with
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
podcast out now! Find it on your favorite podcast app and at
hac.podbean.com
.
#HannahArendt
#TheLifeoftheMind
#CriticalEdition
loading . . .
0
2
1
reposted by
Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
7 months ago
In
#AmorMundi
@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social
argues that civil disobedience is essential to preserving American democracy. At a time when democratic norms are under threat, only collective, organized acts of resistance can restore political freedom.
hac.bard.edu/amor-mundi/c...
Subscribe!
loading . . .
Civil Disobedience and the Spirit of American Democracy
As fear and retaliation become tools of political control, this piece calls for collective dissent to defend democratic norms and constitutional freedoms under increasing pressure from the Trump admin...
https://hac.bard.edu/amor-mundi/civil-disobedience-and-the-spirit-of-american-democracy-2025-04-20
0
2
2
Load more
feeds!
log in