Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialOt @jensot.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Von @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=_9sf...youtube.comPrologue & Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship | Virtual Reading Group #hannaharendtYouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College 011
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Warhol is out, Gulfstreams are in. Hannah Arendt would read that as cultural good news. New column: Pearl Diving open.substack.com/pub/rogerber...open.substack.comPearl DivingNote: This piece was first published on Medium (April 26, 2026). 020
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 19/04/2026When Crimes Cease to Appear as Crimes: Hannah Arendt’s Warning as the Republic Turns 250 open.substack.com/pub/rogerber...open.substack.comWhen Crimes Cease to Appear as Crimes: Hannah Arendt’s Warning as the Republic Turns 250Note: This piece was first published on Medium (April 19, 2026). 030
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 25/03/2026@rogerberkowitz.bsky.social joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career at @bardcollege.bsky.social, founding the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities, and writing about the crisis of democracy and free speech. greatbattlefield.com/episode/hann...greatbattlefield.comHannah Arendt and Authoritarianism with Roger Berkowitz - The Great Battlefield PodcastRoger Berkowitz joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about his career as Professor of Politics, Philosophy and Human Rights at Bard College, founding the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and H... 173
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 27/03/2026In this week's episode of #ReadingHannahArendt, @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social focuses on the second section of #HannahArendt essay "On Violence" called “Power." youtube.com/shorts/vkcpo... Out now wherever you get your #podcast! And at hac.podbean.comyoutube.comOn Violence II | Crises of the Republic #hannaharendt #podcast #shortsYouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College 042
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Out now on the Reading #hannaharendt #podcast, @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social revisits and updates his latest columns, arguing that modern war, though more precise and destructive, no longer resolves conflicts or stabilizes political order. hac.podbean.com/e/the-hell-t...hac.podbean.comThe Hell That is War Has Lost Its Power | Bonus Episode | Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger BerkowitzIn 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... 063
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Out now on the #readinghannaharendt #podcast, @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social discusses part I of the essay #onviolence by #hannaharendt. Listen wherever you get your podcasts and at hac.podbean.com. youtu.be/yWfzR6C3TAE?...youtu.beOn Violence I | Crises of the Republic #hannaharendt #podcast #shortsYouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College 032
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026This 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 251
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 16/02/2026"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.medium.comWas Arendt Wrong?by Roger Berkowitz 041
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Out now! @jessedamiani.bsky.social interviews @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social at the Arendt Center for @urgentfutures.bsky.social Watch now at youtu.be/dP4BxIjP2JY?...youtu.beWhat Hannah Arendt Can Teach Us Today - Roger Berkowitz | #63YouTube video by Jesse Damiani 086
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 08/02/2026What we are witnessing today is not simply unrest or disorder, but a struggle over constitutional meaning itself. medium.com/amor-mundi/w...medium.comWho Are We? Thoughts on the American Constitutionby Roger Berkowitz 020
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Read @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social talk from last April at the PolyOpportunity Retreat in the Hudson Valley. houseofbeautifulbusiness.substack.com/p/sometimes-...houseofbeautifulbusiness.substack.comSometimes We Have to Choose Humanity Over JusticeRoger Berkowitz on Hannah Arendt, world alienation, and why we need friendships in which we can tell inappropriate jokes 073
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialDe Gruyter Brill Philosophy @dgb-philosophy.bsky.social · 07/12/2025VERSTEHEN 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 094
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 07/12/2025In 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...medium.comFriendship and the Foundations of Politicsby Roger Berkowitz 052
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 01/12/2025In 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 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter at hac.bard.edumedium.comThe Bitter Pill of Post-Truth: Learning to Live in Pluralityby Roger Berkowitz 011
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Today 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 0188
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 21/11/2025New episode of Reading #HannahArendt with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social is out now! Find it on hac.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts. youtu.be/U5hTi1wb5I8?... Just a couple more sessions with On Revolution before we post lots of great conversations before our next read!youtu.beFoundation II: Novus Ordo Saeclorum | On Revolution, Chapter 5 #HannahArendt #podcast #shortsYouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College 053
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialJason Goroncy @jasongoroncy.bsky.social · 03/11/2025On #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...medium.comOn Teachingby Roger Berkowitz 252
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 07/11/2025New episode of "Reading Hannah Arendt with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social" out now! Find it wherever you get your podcasts! #HannahArendt youtube.com/shorts/dhCkY...youtube.comFoundation I: Constitution Liberatis | On Revolution, Chapter 4 #hannaharendt #podcastYouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College 051
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Why 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-...wamc.orgThe Hannah Arendt Center presents "JOY: Loving the World in Dark Times" on 10/16-10/17The 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... 053
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialRebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Book 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 183
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Join 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...hac.bard.eduHannah Arendt Facing Tyranny Screening and DiscussionHannah 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... 021
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2025View 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 #hannaharendtyoutu.beJOY Conference Trailer #shortsYouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College 173
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Thanks to @wamcradio.bsky.social for having @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social back on The Roundtable yesterday! Listen here: www.wamc.org/podcast/the-...wamc.org9/17/25 PanelThe 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... 031
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 12/09/2025New 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...youtube.comHannah Arendt's The Life of the Mind, Book II Willing, Conclusions, Sections 13, 14, and 15 #shortsYouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College 021
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Our #VirtualReadingGroup starts a new book this week! Join now, or listen later on the #podcast #ReadingHannahArendt with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/SVURV...youtube.comThe Hannah Arendt Center Virtual Reading Group begins a new book this week, On Revolution #shortsYouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College 021
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 05/09/2025In 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 031
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 27/08/2025On the Maoist and Stalinist roots and f Trumpism 010
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Thanks @jasongoroncy.bsky.social and @sallydouglas.bsky.social 000
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Commentary: A chilling silence as rights, and people, vanish www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...timesunion.comCommentary: A chilling silence as rights, and people, vanishAs ICE spreads out across America, cracks are forming in the rule of law. 010
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 10/08/2025medium.com/amor-mundi/o...medium.comOn Tyranny, Its Causes, and Our Personal Responsibilityby Roger Berkowitz 011
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 08/08/2025New 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...youtube.comHannah Arendt's The Life of the Mind, Book II Willing, Chapter 3, Sections 11 and 12 #shortYouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College 041
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Thanks @jasongoroncy.bsky.social 110
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 03/08/2025thrilled to be on the @laphamsquarterly.bsky.social podcast with Donovan Hohn. Great conversation about Civil Disobedience. 032
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialLapham’s Quarterly @laphamsquarterly.bsky.social · 01/08/2025This week on the podcast, Donovan Hohn sits down for a conversation with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social. www.laphamsquarterly.org/content/epis...laphamsquarterly.orgEpisode 9: Roger BerkowitzThe latest episode of The World in Time. 042
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Gerrymandering, Jünger, total war, and the threat to the republic. medium.com/amor-mundi/w...medium.comWhen Politics Becomes “Maximum Warfare, Everywhere, All the Time”by Roger Berkowitz 010
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 27/07/2025ICE 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/ed9c707ad212medium.comDangerous Iceby Roger Berkowitz 021
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 27/07/2025In amor mundi we kid poetry and horror. Arendt and Ice. conta.cc/4lRgOHg 000
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 15/07/2025How to be Decent in an Indecent society. You need to listen to Ian Buruma on this essential question. @timothysnyder.bsky.social @marcishore.bsky.social 010
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Samantha 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 031
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 15/07/2025civil 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.socialpbs.orgHannah Arendt taught us that civil disobedience is essential to American democracy | American Masters | PBSScholar Roger Berkowitz shares how Hannah Arendt saw civil disobedience as a collective and political act that renews democracy by holding power 051
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 08/07/2025How to live as a decent person in an indecent society. Ian Buruma asks the right questions. 020
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Why it is wrong to call Zohran Mamdani an antisemitism but right to be worried about the antisemitism of the movement he participates in. 010
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Subscribe to our weekly newsletter #AmorMundi for more insights from @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social on #HannahArendt medium.com/amor-mundi/a...medium.comAntisemitism and the Anti-Semite: Accusation and Ideologyby Roger Berkowitz 031
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialCliff Harbour @cliffharbour.bsky.social · 28/06/2025It 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? 191
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025I 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.pbs.orgHannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny - About the documentary | American Masters | PBSDiscover Hannah Arendt, who transformed her time as a political prisoner during World War II into daring insights about totalitarianism. 20392130
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 24/06/2025youtu.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.socialyoutu.beWhy free speech (and listening) matter | Roger Berkowitz | TEDxBard CollegeYouTube video by TEDx Talks 031
rogerberkowitz.bsky.social @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Enjoy this conversation with @jamesfishkin about deliberative democracy and citizens assemblies. 010
Reposted by @rogerberkowitz.bsky.socialHannah Arendt Center at Bard College @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social · 16/06/2025"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. #HannahArendtmedium.comOptimism in Dark Timesby Roger Berkowitz 021