#Arendt

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

I don't know about you, but after last week I needed some hope.I found some interviewing the biographer of Hannah Arendt, the perfect philosopher for this age and interregnum between

Christian Christensen

ChrChristensen

(1) As we approach a new US election, let’s remind ourselves of what the brilliant Hannah Arendt said about the use of lies and propaganda by authoritarians, and how followers

Heidi Cuda

Heidi_Cuda

MIND HACK: “In an ever-changing, incomprehensible, world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything is possible and

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

So, I am not a philosopher. But I can't help feeling like we're going to have national reckoning soon. Tens of thousands dead. Absolutely preventable, at least in large part.

Justin Podur

justinpodur

So, after reading Losurdo's book on nonviolence, a thread on why Hannah Arendt is no guide for leftists (probably most of you know this, so skip if you already knew).

LM Sacasas

LMSacasas

One insight I've derived from my reading of Arendt, but which is certainly not unique to her, is that people need a common world in which they can appear and

Chiara Russo Krauss 🇪🇺🇮🇹

russokrauss

Given all the talk about Hannah Arendt alleged racism (?), nazi apology (??) or even white suprematism (???) i decided to do a thread about it.https://www.jpost.com/opinion/hannah-arendt-white-supremacist-456007 Much of the attention

ROBERT SCHENKKAN

ROBERTSCHENKKAN

Turning away from the dispiriting notion of 72 million Trump voters and the subsequent disgraceful behavior by GOP leadership supporting the lie of a "stolen election" and re-reading Hannah Arendt

Samantha Rose Hill

Samantharhill

Since Donald Trump has decided to decree that a statue to Hannah Arendt be erected in the National Garden of American Heroes, I thought I would take a few moments

Ralf Michaels

MichaelsRalf

Hätte Hannah #Arendt BDS unterstützt? Ich denke wie Jürgen Kaube: nein. Aber "historisch grotesk" ist die Idee nicht, jedenfalls nach Ansicht von Experten. 1/14https://twitter.com/JanvonHein1/status/1338490637046386691 Jens Han

corey robin

CoreyRobin

A thread on Hannah Arendt and how different her approach to fascism was from that of today's analysts. 2/ In dealing with the question of fascism and Nazism and totalitarianism,

Mike Cosper

MikeCosper

There's a long video going around with about 40 mins of footage of the breach of the Capitol. I don't feel good about linking to it, so I won't, but

Anna Gát

TheAnnaGat

Always feel Silicon Valley obsesses over Girard (+ Marcus Aurelius) because they simply don't know about other philosophers who'd be much more relevant.Here's a list of some stuff you should

Zoé

ztsamudzi

Anyway, minus well start this. If any folks are interested and want me to tweet a bit as I read, I’m happy to. Already shook by this blurb by philosopher

J. Moufawad-Paul

MLM_Mayhem

Reading the recent English translation of Mbembe's *Politiques de l'inimitié* because my French was not good enough to really process the 2016 French version, due to Mbembe's lyricism and theoretical

Sanjay Sipahimalani

SanSip

Writers refusing requests: a brief thread. To begin with, Oscar Wilde: “I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.” “I would rather die”: Harold Pinter Hannah Arendt hates

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