When Crimes Cease to Appear as Crimes: Hannah Arendt’s Warning as the Republic Turns 250 Note: This piece was first published on Medium (April 19, 2026).

When Crimes Cease to Appear as Crimes: Hannah Arendt’s Warning as the Republic Turns 250
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Hannah Arendt and Authoritarianism with Roger Berkowitz - The Great Battlefield Podcast Roger 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...

@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.

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On Violence II | Crises of the Republic #hannaharendt #podcast #shorts YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College

In 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.com

Out 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.

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On Violence I | Crises of the Republic #hannaharendt #podcast #shorts YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College

Out 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.

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This 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

Was Arendt Wrong? by Roger Berkowitz

"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

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What Hannah Arendt Can Teach Us Today - Roger Berkowitz | #63 YouTube video by Jesse Damiani

Out now! @jessedamiani.bsky.social interviews @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social at the Arendt Center for @urgentfutures.bsky.social

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Who Are We? Thoughts on the American Constitution by Roger Berkowitz

What we are witnessing today is not simply unrest or disorder, but a struggle over constitutional meaning itself. medium.com/amor-mundi/w...

Sometimes We Have to Choose Humanity Over Justice Roger Berkowitz on Hannah Arendt, world alienation, and why we need friendships in which we can tell inappropriate jokes

Read @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social talk from last April at the PolyOpportunity Retreat in the Hudson Valley.

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Antonia Grunenberg and Roger Berkowitz at Maxim Gorki Theater

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VERSTEHEN 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!
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#Arendt #PoliticalTheory #Freedom

Friendship and the Foundations of Politics by Roger Berkowitz

In 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...

So glad you listen and enjoy!

The Bitter Pill of Post-Truth: Learning to Live in Plurality by Roger Berkowitz

In his most recent essay, @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social explores how confirmation bias presses us to choose between truth and power.

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#HannahArendt #truth #power #AmorMundi

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Today 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?

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Foundation II: Novus Ordo Saeclorum | On Revolution, Chapter 5 #HannahArendt #podcast #shorts YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College

New episode of Reading #HannahArendt with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social is out now! Find it on hac.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Just a couple more sessions with On Revolution before we post lots of great conversations before our next read!

On Teaching by Roger Berkowitz

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...

Foundation I: Constitution Liberatis | On Revolution, Chapter 4 #hannaharendt #podcast YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College

New episode of "Reading Hannah Arendt with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social" out now! Find it wherever you get your podcasts! #HannahArendt

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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...

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

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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

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...

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.

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Thanks so much Rebecca

Wow. Love this.

JOY Conference Trailer #shorts YouTube video by Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College

View our new conference commercial and register to join us in October at hac.bard.edu at @bardcollege.bsky.social

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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...

Thanks to @wamcradio.bsky.social for having @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social back on The Roundtable yesterday!

Listen here:

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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

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.

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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

Our #VirtualReadingGroup starts a new book this week! Join now, or listen later on the #podcast #ReadingHannahArendt with @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social

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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

On the Maoist and Stalinist roots and f Trumpism

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