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Sunday, June 15, 2025

Foucault on Archaeologies of Knowledge: What We Learn from Forgotten Frameworks

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When  Michel Foucault  speaks of “archaeology,” he isn’t talking about ruins or relics. He is referring to a method of intellectual excavati...
Monday, June 9, 2025

When Revolution Fails: Hannah Arendt and the Question of Just Rebellion

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In her book On Revolution , Hannah Arendt offers an unconventional and illuminating comparison between the American and French Revolutions. ...

What Do We Judge By? Hannah Arendt, Kant, and the Crisis of Conscience

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In the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, Hannah Arendt grappled with a searing question: How could so many people participate in ...

What Makes Us Political? Arendt and the Right to Appear in the World

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Hannah Arendt’s political theory rests on a surprising and profound insight: to be political is to appear . In her view, politics is not mer...

Rebirth as Freedom: Arendt’s Idea of Natality as Political Hope

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While many political thinkers grounded their ideas in death, conflict, or self-preservation, Hannah Arendt chose a different origin: birth ....

To Think Is to Resist: Why Hannah Arendt Saw Thinking as a Political Act

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Hannah Arendt was no ordinary political theorist. For her, politics was not simply about institutions, laws, or elections — it was about how...

The Political vs. the Social: Why Hannah Arendt Distrusted the Welfare State

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Hannah Arendt made a striking distinction that often puzzles modern readers: the difference between the social and the political . In The H...