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Een gesprek met Laurens ten Kate over Hannah Arendt en Emmanuel Levinas. Ten Kate is filosoof, religiewetenschapper en theoloog. En is emeritus-hoogleraar Vrijzinnige religiositeit en humanisme aan de Universiteit voor Humanistiek in Utrecht. Bij de ISVW geeft hij de summerschool 'Tussen Arendt en Levinas'. En bij ISVW-uitgevers verscheen zijn boek: 'Tussen markt en volk, Vrijzinnig-religieuze vragen aan een neoliberale wereld'. Met Bart Geeraedts spreekt hij over hoe 'de Ander' je leven bepaalt en verandert. Hoe deze ontmoeting altijd óók een ontmoeting met jezelf is. Een ontmoeting in een ruimte die door niemand geclaimd mag worden. Van daaruit wordt je handelen politiek. En dat blijkt een zeer actueel thema te zijn.

Athenian Democracy provides innovative readings of ancient theorists to reveal both the complexity of democracy's achievements and its limits. In Athenian Democracy: Modern Mythmakers and Ancient Theorists (U Notre Dame Press, 2026), noted political scientist Arlene W. Saxonhouse offers fresh and provocative explorations of ancient political theorists, lending new insights about democracy's foundations and principles. These insights are more relevant than ever in a moment when the viability of democratic regimes is under scrutiny. Saxonhouse provides an in-depth discussion of the modern mythmakers (Hobbes, Paine, Hamilton, Mill, and Arendt, among others) who, in praising or excoriating Athenian democracy, have in fact distorted it to support their own assessments of democracy. She then offers detailed reinterpretations of the writings on democracy of four ancient theorists who had directly experienced life in the first democratic regime: Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle. Saxonhouse argues that the mythmaking that often attends our views of Athenian democracy—whether as a flawed, slaveholding regime that fostered factions and oppressed women or as an ideal regime of egalitarian and participatory democracy—blinds us to the deeper understanding of democracies that these ancient theorists can offer. Arlene W. Saxonhouse is the Caroline Robbins Collegiate Professor of Political Science, Emerita, at the University of Michigan. She is the author of numerous books and articles dealing with ancient Greek political thought, including Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens and Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Athenian Democracy provides innovative readings of ancient theorists to reveal both the complexity of democracy's achievements and its limits. In Athenian Democracy: Modern Mythmakers and Ancient Theorists (U Notre Dame Press, 2026), noted political scientist Arlene W. Saxonhouse offers fresh and provocative explorations of ancient political theorists, lending new insights about democracy's foundations and principles. These insights are more relevant than ever in a moment when the viability of democratic regimes is under scrutiny. Saxonhouse provides an in-depth discussion of the modern mythmakers (Hobbes, Paine, Hamilton, Mill, and Arendt, among others) who, in praising or excoriating Athenian democracy, have in fact distorted it to support their own assessments of democracy. She then offers detailed reinterpretations of the writings on democracy of four ancient theorists who had directly experienced life in the first democratic regime: Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle. Saxonhouse argues that the mythmaking that often attends our views of Athenian democracy—whether as a flawed, slaveholding regime that fostered factions and oppressed women or as an ideal regime of egalitarian and participatory democracy—blinds us to the deeper understanding of democracies that these ancient theorists can offer. Arlene W. Saxonhouse is the Caroline Robbins Collegiate Professor of Political Science, Emerita, at the University of Michigan. She is the author of numerous books and articles dealing with ancient Greek political thought, including Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens and Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Athenian Democracy provides innovative readings of ancient theorists to reveal both the complexity of democracy's achievements and its limits. In Athenian Democracy: Modern Mythmakers and Ancient Theorists (U Notre Dame Press, 2026), noted political scientist Arlene W. Saxonhouse offers fresh and provocative explorations of ancient political theorists, lending new insights about democracy's foundations and principles. These insights are more relevant than ever in a moment when the viability of democratic regimes is under scrutiny. Saxonhouse provides an in-depth discussion of the modern mythmakers (Hobbes, Paine, Hamilton, Mill, and Arendt, among others) who, in praising or excoriating Athenian democracy, have in fact distorted it to support their own assessments of democracy. She then offers detailed reinterpretations of the writings on democracy of four ancient theorists who had directly experienced life in the first democratic regime: Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle. Saxonhouse argues that the mythmaking that often attends our views of Athenian democracy—whether as a flawed, slaveholding regime that fostered factions and oppressed women or as an ideal regime of egalitarian and participatory democracy—blinds us to the deeper understanding of democracies that these ancient theorists can offer. Arlene W. Saxonhouse is the Caroline Robbins Collegiate Professor of Political Science, Emerita, at the University of Michigan. She is the author of numerous books and articles dealing with ancient Greek political thought, including Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens and Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Athenian Democracy provides innovative readings of ancient theorists to reveal both the complexity of democracy's achievements and its limits. In Athenian Democracy: Modern Mythmakers and Ancient Theorists (U Notre Dame Press, 2026), noted political scientist Arlene W. Saxonhouse offers fresh and provocative explorations of ancient political theorists, lending new insights about democracy's foundations and principles. These insights are more relevant than ever in a moment when the viability of democratic regimes is under scrutiny. Saxonhouse provides an in-depth discussion of the modern mythmakers (Hobbes, Paine, Hamilton, Mill, and Arendt, among others) who, in praising or excoriating Athenian democracy, have in fact distorted it to support their own assessments of democracy. She then offers detailed reinterpretations of the writings on democracy of four ancient theorists who had directly experienced life in the first democratic regime: Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, and Aristotle. Saxonhouse argues that the mythmaking that often attends our views of Athenian democracy—whether as a flawed, slaveholding regime that fostered factions and oppressed women or as an ideal regime of egalitarian and participatory democracy—blinds us to the deeper understanding of democracies that these ancient theorists can offer. Arlene W. Saxonhouse is the Caroline Robbins Collegiate Professor of Political Science, Emerita, at the University of Michigan. She is the author of numerous books and articles dealing with ancient Greek political thought, including Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens and Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube Channel: here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Yes, this will be the last PauseCast for a while. Maybe a long while. I've decided to close this chapter of the podcast, and if "Meanderings with Trudy" comes back, it will be in a different form. So this is the last of these PauseCasts, and we dive deeply into endings. We explore why endings matter, and what that means for bringing presence to our experience. And how endings can draw attention to the soul of our being human. Please drop me a line if anything piqued your interest at meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.com. And share this episode around. Thank you for sharing your ears with me over these last six years, and these many episodes with Angie. Such conversations matter.  Episode links: Information about Angie's community event in June is via Big Stone House Two poets we talked about and read from today include: Richard Wagamese's “Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations” and David Whyte's “Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words” Marie Kondo, Japanese American expert on how to tidy, in a meaningful way. Robin Wall Kimmerer, "Braiding Sweetgrass" Liz Bucar, "Beyond Wellness" Angie's substack, "The Bigger Picture" Trudy's substack, "Meanderings with Trudy" As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-HumaLive life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

Orlando Paris"Pensare l'odio"L'umano di fronte all'estremoLuca Sossella Editorewww.lucasosselaeditore.itLa cronaca mondiale restituisce immagini di distruzione e sofferenza: un genocidio si consuma nella Striscia di Gaza sotto gli occhi della società civile internazionale; una guerra infuria alle porte dell'Europa, mentre altri conflitti insanguinano molte regioni del mondo. Allo stesso tempo, nelle democrazie occidentali, si assiste a una legittimazione pubblica del discorso d'odio: retoriche xenofobe riemergono nei linguaggi della politica, nei media e nello spazio digitale, trovando eco in movimenti che fanno dell'ostilità verso l'altro un principio identitario. Questo libro nasce dalla necessità, insieme etica e scientifica, di confrontarsi con questo scenario per renderne leggibili le logiche profonde, mettendo a fuoco l'intreccio tra odio, potere e società. Il volume dialoga con una tradizione di pensiero che, dalla metà del novecento, ha interrogato le forme storiche della disumanizzazione: da Hannah Arendt a Michel Foucault, da Giorgio Agamben a Zygmunt Bauman, fino agli sviluppi degli Hate Studies e dei Genocide Studies. Quanto emerge è un archivio concettuale capace di orientare lo sguardo sul presente e di indicare pratiche di resistenza alle sue derive estreme.Orlando Paris, professore di filosofia e teoria dei linguaggi all'Università per Stranieri di Siena. I suoi studi vertono sulle patologie del discorso pubblico – discorsi d'odio, stereotipi, infodemia – e si estendono fino al campo degli Hate Studies. Sul tema dell'odio discorsivo ha pubblicato libri e articoli scientifici.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Willkommen zum Funkspruch am Sonntag – einem neuen Format von Retterview. Kurze Gedanken. Ehrlich und ungefiltert. Jeden Sonntag um 18 Uhr ein neues Wort zum Sonntag, ca. fünf Minuten – etwas zum Überdenken für die neue Woche. Keine Sorge: Die normalen Folgen mit Gästen und längeren Gesprächen laufen ganz normal weiter. Funkspruch ist nur ein neues Puzzleteil von vielen. In der allerersten Folge geht es um einen Satz, den Hannah Arendt einmal geschrieben hat: „Der Sinn von Politik ist Freiheit." Klingt groß, klingt akademisch – ist aber unfassbar nah an dem, was wir täglich im Rettungsdienst, in der Feuerwehr, beim THW, im Katastrophenschutz und in der Wasserrettung erleben. Denn Politik passiert nicht nur im Bundestag. Politik passiert auf jeder Wache, in jeder Wehr, in jedem Betrieb – jedes Mal, wenn Menschen darüber sprechen, wie sie miteinander umgehen wollen. Samy spricht in dieser Folge darüber, warum Meinungsäußerung und Kritik im Rettungsdienst und in allen Rettungsorganisationen erlaubt sein müssen – als Notfallsanitäter*in, als Feuerwehrmann oder -frau, als Praxisanleiter*in, als Auszubildende*r, als Creator. Über Angstkulturen, über Leitungsfunktionen, die Kritik abblocken, über falsch zitiertes Recht – und vor allem darüber, warum es trotzdem Grund zur Hoffnung gibt. Weil es nämlich jede Menge Wachen, Wehren, Praxisanleitende und Führungskräfte gibt, die es längst besser machen. Themen dieser Folge: – Was bedeutet Hannah Arendts Satz „Der Sinn von Politik ist Freiheit" für unseren Alltag? – Warum Politik nicht nur im Bundestag stattfindet, sondern auf jeder Rettungswache – Was Freiheit nach Arendt wirklich heißt – und was sie nicht heißt – Warum Kritik im Rettungsdienst kein Angriff, sondern ein Werkzeug ist – Wie eine Angstkultur entsteht – und warum sie gefährlicher ist als jede ehrliche Kritik – Positive Beispiele: Praxisanleitende, führende NotSan, Notärzt*innen auf Augenhöhe, Gruppen- und Zugführer*innen, die zuhören – Warum Samy als Creator jeden Tag merkt: Es gibt verdammt viele gute Menschen in unseren Organisationen – Das Wort zum Sonntag: Sei einer von denen, die es besser machen Erwähntes Zitat: „Frei sein können Menschen nur im Bezug aufeinander – also im Bereich des Politischen und des Handelns." (Hannah Arendt) ⚠️ Hinweis Dieser Funkspruch ist ein persönlicher Kommentar von Samy Splint und gibt seine eigene Meinung wieder. Die Inhalte sind keine offizielle Stellungnahme einer Hilfsorganisation, eines Arbeitgebers oder einer Berufsvertretung. Kritik wird sachlich vorgetragen, nicht gegen einzelne Personen gerichtet. Zitate von Hannah Arendt werden sinngemäß übersetzt oder als wörtliches Zitat kenntlich gemacht.

Compre o livro por aqui: https://amzn.to/4uJTX4P Muito bem, muito bem, muito bem! Está o primeiro Café Teológico! Neste episódio, Rodrigo Bibo e Fabrício Arendt recebe André Reinke para uma conversa honesta, profunda e necessária sobre uma pergunta que atravessa a história do cristianismo: a fé pode duvidar? Existe espaço para perguntas dentro da caminhada cristã? […] O conteúdo de A Fé Pode Duvidar? – Café Teológico 001 (com André Reinke) é uma produção do Bibotalk - Teologia é nosso esporte!.

Compre o livro por aqui: https://amzn.to/4uJTX4P Muito bem, muito bem, muito bem! Está o primeiro Café Teológico! Neste episódio, Rodrigo Bibo e Fabrício Arendt recebe André Reinke para uma conversa honesta, profunda e necessária sobre uma pergunta que atravessa a história do cristianismo: a fé pode duvidar? Existe espaço para perguntas dentro da caminhada cristã? […] O conteúdo de A Fé Pode Duvidar? – Café Teológico 001 (com André Reinke) é uma produção do Bibotalk - Teologia é nosso esporte!.

durée : 00:30:46 - Entendez-vous l'éco ? - par : Aliette Hovine - Avec l'entrée dans la modernité, la notion de travail devient omniprésente. Mais Hannah Arendt estime que les économistes comme Smith ou Marx oublient son caractère laborieux. Une invisibilisation que dénoncent aussi les féministes, auxquelles Arendt ne s'est pourtant jamais associée. - réalisation : Tina Iung, Sorj Leroy Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

หมายเหตุประเพทไทยสัปดาห์นี้ ต่อศักดิ์ จินดาสุขศรี และชานันท์ ยอดหงษ์ ชวนอ่านหนังสือสำคัญของฮันนาห์ อาเรนต์ (Hannah Arendt) เรื่อง The Origins of Totalitarianism หรือ กำเนิดระบอบเผด็จการเบ็ดเสร็จ ผลงานคลาสสิกชิ้นสำคัญทางทฤษฎีการเมืองที่ตีพิมพ์ครั้งแรกในปี 1951 และกลับมาได้รับความสนใจอีกครั้งหลังชัยชนะของโดนัลด์ ทรัมป์ ในการเลือกตั้งสหรัฐฯ ปี 2559 ท่ามกลางความสับสนของผู้คนต่อความเปลี่ยนแปลงทางการเมืองในสังคมอเมริกัน อาเรนต์เป็นนักคิดการเมืองชาวเยอรมันเชื้อสายยิว ผู้เผชิญภัยคุกคามจากลัทธินาซีและต้องลี้ภัยไปสหรัฐอเมริกาในช่วงสงครามโลกครั้งที่สอง เธอเขียนผลงานสำคัญจำนวนมาก เช่น The Human Condition, Eichmann in Jerusalem, On Revolution และ On Violence โดยเฉพาะ The Origins of Totalitarianism ที่พยายามทำความเข้าใจลัทธินาซีและลัทธิสตาลินในฐานะปรากฏการณ์การเมืองรูปแบบใหม่ของศตวรรษที่ 20 หนังสือเล่มนี้แบ่งออกเป็นสามส่วน ได้แก่ ลัทธิต่อต้านชาวยิว ลัทธิจักรวรรดินิยม และลัทธิเผด็จการเบ็ดเสร็จ โดย Arendt ไม่ได้เสนอประวัติศาสตร์แบบเหตุและผลอย่างตรงไปตรงมา แต่พยายามสำรวจ “องค์ประกอบ” ทางความคิด สังคม และการปฏิบัติ ที่ค่อย ๆ บรรจบกันจนทำให้ระบอบเผด็จการเบ็ดเสร็จกลายเป็นสิ่งที่เป็นไปได้ในประวัติศาสตร์ สำหรับอาเรนต์ ระบอบเผด็จการเบ็ดเสร็จไม่ใช่เผด็จการทั่วไป แต่เป็นรูปแบบการปกครองใหม่ที่มุ่งควบคุมมนุษย์ทั้งภายนอกและภายใน ทำลายความเป็นปัจเจก ความหลากหลาย และความสามารถของมนุษย์ในการริเริ่มสิ่งใหม่ พร้อมเปลี่ยนมนุษย์ให้กลายเป็นส่วนหนึ่งของขบวนการอุดมการณ์ที่อ้างความจริงสูงสุด ไม่ว่าจะเป็น “กฎของธรรมชาติ” ในลัทธินาซี หรือ “กฎของประวัติศาสตร์” ในลัทธิสตาลิน อีกประเด็นสำคัญคือบทบาทของ “ความหวาดกลัว” และ “อุดมการณ์” ซึ่งเป็นหัวใจของระบอบเผด็จการเบ็ดเสร็จ ความหวาดกลัวไม่ได้เป็นเพียงเครื่องมือควบคุมผู้คน แต่ทำหน้าที่ทำให้อุดมการณ์กลายเป็นความจริง ขณะที่อุดมการณ์แบบเบ็ดเสร็จเสนอคำอธิบายโลกทั้งหมดจากสมมติฐานเดียว จนทำให้มนุษย์ละทิ้งเสรีภาพในการคิด และยอมผูกตัวเองไว้กับตรรกะของขบวนการ และอีกเงื่อนไขสำคัญก็คือ loneliness หรือความโดดเดี่ยว ที่ทำให้มวลชนจำนวนมากเปิดรับระบอบเผด็จการเบ็ดเสร็จ เมื่อผู้คนรู้สึกไร้บ้าน ไร้ราก ไร้ความหมาย และไม่เป็นส่วนหนึ่งของโลก อุดมการณ์แบบเบ็ดเสร็จจึงเข้ามามอบคำอธิบาย อัตลักษณ์ และเป้าหมายใหม่ให้ชีวิต โดยอาเรนต์ย้ำเตือนว่า ตราบใดที่โลกยังผลิตความโดดเดี่ยวและความไร้ความหมาย ระบอบเผด็จการเบ็ดเสร็จก็ยังสามารถกลับมาเกิดขึ้นได้เสมอ

Evergreen-Fonds versprechen langfristige Anlagestrategien mit laufenden Ein- und Ausstiegen. Doch wie bringt man illiquide Assets und Rückgabewünsche der Anleger wirklich unter einen Hut? Im 91. Hedgework-Talk spricht Uwe Lill mit Francis Kass, Partner bei Arendt & Medernach und Leiter des Frankfurter Büros, darüber, wie solche Evergreen-Strukturen, vor allem im Private-Credit-/Debt-Bereich, aufgebaut sind und warum ihre Bedeutung neben klassischen geschlossenen Fonds stark zugenommen hat. Kass betont, dass man Anlegern keine Liquidität verkaufen darf, die im Fonds nicht vorhanden ist und erläutert Rücknahmelösungen. Außerdem erklärt Kass, wie wichtig klare Unterlagen und ehrliche Kommunikation sind: Evergreen-Fonds mit illiquiden Anlagen sollten nicht wie normale offene Fonds dargestellt werden, sondern als langfristige, im Kern illiquide Produkte mit besonderen Rücknahmeregeln.

We meander far and wide this week… who are “we” when we are we? Why do we avoid community? What is it about being connected to others that we find so difficult?  There is no real answer to these questions we ask, but that's ok. As Angie says here, “It's not the answer that comes, it's the art of asking the question. And when we can do that with someone else… we find the sweet spot.” It's in the wrestle that our sense of loneliness and isolation evaporates, and we find connection, and compassion, caring and yes, community.  I hope you like this wrestle.  Please drop me a line if anything piqued your interest at meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.com. And share this episode around, and if you're of a mind, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Episode links: Angie, and her Big Stone House, are proud sponsors of this podcast. Have a read of Mary Oliver's poem: “The Summer Day” which Angie references. As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-HumaLive life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

In this episode of Jewish Voices, American Stories, we'll explore the Jewish writers whose words helped shape not just literature—but the moral and spiritual conscience of America.We begin with Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor whose powerful testimony in Night brought the reality of unimaginable suffering into classrooms and hearts across the country. Through his writing, Wiesel bore witness to both the horrors he endured and the enduring themes of faith, justice, and human dignity.Next, we meet Hannah Arendt, a brilliant thinker who fled Nazi Europe and later challenged the world to confront a difficult question: how ordinary people can become part of extraordinary evil. Through her reporting on the trial of Adolf Eichmann and her lifelong work, Arendt helped bring the moral complexities of the Holocaust into American thought—urging readers not only to remember history, but to learn from it.Finally, we turn to Emma Lazarus, a poet whose words helped define the American ideal. Moved by the plight of Jewish refugees, Lazarus gave voice to a vision of the United States as a place of refuge and hope. Her poem “The New Colossus” forever transformed the Statue of Liberty into a symbol of welcome—inviting the world's “tired” and “poor” to find a new beginning.These stories remind us that words have power. They can preserve memory, challenge injustice, and inspire a nation to live up to its highest calling. And through these Jewish voices, the story of America has been shaped—line by line—by truth, courage, and hope.To learn more about God's people—from the days of the Bible through the present—visit The Fellowship's Learn Center.

Wat is denken? Volgens de beroemde filosoof Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) moeten we het denken onderscheiden van weten en kennen. Ze onderzoekt of het denken—niet de uitkomsten ervan, maar de activiteit van het denken zelf—het doen van kwaad kan voorkomen. Leer van rechtsfilosoof en Arendt-kenner Wout Cornelissen waarom Hannah Arendt nog steeds een belangrijke politiek denker is. Voorafgaand aan de lezing houdt Jonge Denker Jovie de Heus een korte column. Hannah Arendt: wat is denken? | Grote Denkers met rechtsfilosoof Wout Cornelissen en Jonge Denker Jovie de Heus Denkwerk 2026 Zaterdag 7 maart 2026 | De Lindenberg, Nijmegen Radboud Reflects en de Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen Like deze podcast, abonneer je op dit kanaal en mis niks. Bekijk ook de agenda voor nog meer verdiepende lezingen: https://www.ru.nl/radboudreflects Wil je geen enkele verdiepende lezing missen? Schrijf je dan in voor de nieuwsbrief: https://www.ru.nl/rr/nieuwsbrief

Diese Quellen bieten eine umfassende Analyse des Lebens und Wirkens von Hannah Arendt, einer der bedeutendsten politischen Theoretikerinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sie beleuchten ihre intellektuelle Entwicklung unter dem Einfluss von Martin Heidegger und Karl Jaspers sowie ihre Flucht vor dem Nationalsozialismus in die USA. Ein zentraler Schwerpunkt liegt auf ihrem kontroversen Konzept der „Banalität des Bösen“, das sie während des Prozesses gegen Adolf Eichmann entwickelte, um die Mitschuld gewöhnlicher Menschen an systematischen Gräueltaten zu erklären. Zudem thematisieren die Texte ihr Hauptwerk Vita activa, in dem sie menschliche Tätigkeiten in Arbeiten, Herstellen und Handeln unterteilt und die Bedeutung des öffentlichen Raums betont. Insgesamt zeichnen die Dokumente das Bild einer Denkerin, die sich unermüdlich mit der menschlichen Freiheit, der moralischen Verantwortung und den Gefahren des Totalitarismus auseinandersetzte.Hannah Arendts Konzept der Banalität des Bösen entstand aus ihrer Beobachtung des Prozesses gegen den SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann im Jahr 1961 in Jerusalem. Statt des erwarteten „Monsters“ oder eines dämonischen Bösewichts fand Arendt in Eichmann einen erschreckend gewöhnlichen Bürokraten vor, der in Klischees sprach und sich auf Befehle und Vorschriften berief.Hier sind die zentralen Aspekte dieses Konzepts:Der Kern der Banalität liegt laut Arendt in der Gedankenlosigkeit (Gedankenlosigkeit). Eichmann handelte nicht aus tiefem Hass oder einer bösartigen Ideologie, sondern er hatte seine Fähigkeit zum eigenständigen moralischen Urteil aufgegeben. Er stellte sich nie die Sokratische Frage des inneren Dialogs: „Was tue ich hier eigentlich und was bedeutet es?“. Das Böse resultierte also nicht aus einer besonderen Verderbtheit, sondern aus dem bloßen Ausbleiben des Denkens.Arendt unterschied strikt zwischen den Taten und der Person: Während die Taten katastrophal und monströs waren, war der Mann, der sie ausführte, im moralischen Sinne ein „Niemand“. Sie bezeichnete das Böse als ein Oberflächenphänomen, das keine Tiefe oder radikale Wurzeln besitzt. Ein Dämon wäre in einem moralischen Universum zumindest noch begreifbar; ein „Niemand“ wie Eichmann, der lediglich als Relaisstation für Mord fungiert, ist weitaus beängstigender, da diese Form des Versagens theoretisch jedem Menschen offensteht.Ein entscheidendes Defizit Eichmanns war die Unfähigkeit zum repräsentativen Denken (sich vorstellen). Dies ist die Fähigkeit, sich die Standpunkte anderer Menschen zu vergegenwärtigen, um das eigene Urteil zu prüfen und zu erweitern. Eichmann konnte sich die Welt nicht aus der Perspektive derer vorstellen, die er in den Tod schickte. Für Arendt ist diese imaginative Disziplin jedoch die Grundlage jeglichen politischen und moralischen Urteilens.Vor dem Eichmann-Prozess hatte Arendt noch den Begriff des Radikal Bösen (in Anlehnung an Kant) verwendet, was eine Perversion des moralischen Willens implizierte. Mit der „Banalität“ beschrieb sie nun etwas aus ihrer Sicht Schlimmeres: Böses, das ganz ohne Willen oder Absicht geschieht, einfach weil der Einzelne als „Rädchen“ in einem bürokratischen System funktioniert.Das Konzept löste einen gewaltigen Sturm der Entrüstung aus.Kritik von Jaspers: Ihr Mentor Karl Jaspers befürchtete, das Wort „Banalität“ könne das Gewicht der Verbrechen mindern oder sie als rein administrativ und damit handhabbar erscheinen lassen.Eichmanns wahre Natur: Spätere Historiker wie Bettina Stangneth argumentierten, Eichmann sei keineswegs ein gedankenloser Bürokrat gewesen, sondern ein überzeugter antisemitischer Ideologe, der seine Rolle im Prozess lediglich performte.Die Rolle der Judenräte: Besonders schmerzhaft war Arendts Kritik an der Kooperation einiger jüdischer Führer während des Holocausts, was viele Überlebende als Vorwurf der Mitschuld empfanden.Zusammenfassend ist die Banalität des Bösen für Arendt eine Diagnose menschlichen Versagens.

Hannah Arendt'in, Nasyonal Sosyalizmin yarattığı bürokrat tipolojisini karakterize etmek için kullandığı “kötülüğün sıradanlığı” kavramı, Nazi Almanya'sındaki eylemlerin motivasyonu ve niteliğine dair önemli bir çerçeve sunuyor. Saf kötülüğün hiyerarşik bir düzlemde nasıl sıradanlaştığı ve herhangi bir itiraz olmadan kabul edildiği gerçeği, Arendt'in Eichman'ın yargılanması esnasında edindiği izlenimdi. Eichman bir Nazi subayı olarak Holokostun icrasında kendisine tevdi edilen görevleri yerine getiren ve bunları herhangi bir biçimde sorgulamayan bir itaat zincirinin parçası idi. İşleyen bir mekanizmanın dişlisi olarak işlevselleştirilen Eichman, Nazilerin bütününe teşmil edecek bir performansın mücessem hali idi.

Der erste Mai ist ein Feiertag, aber auch ein politischer Tag, an dem unter anderem für bessere Arbeitsbedingungen gekämpft wird. Das ist vor allem daran erkennbar, dass viele Forderungen in den Raum gestellt werden, zahlreiche Diskussionen stattfinden und politisch-kommunikative Aushandlungen zu beobachten sind. Aber welche Macht auf die politischen Entscheidungsprozesse hat eigentlich Sprache? In dieser Folge geht es um die Wirkung der Sprache und ihre Rolle in unserem sozialen und politischen Zusammenleben. Anhand sprachphilosophischer Exkurse zu Theorien von Austin und Searle, Habermas und Arendt beleuchten wir, wie Sprechen Wirklichkeit formt, politische Handlungen ermöglicht und zur Aushandlung eingesetzt wird. Gleichzeitig schauen wir auf die „dunkle Seite der Sprache“, da sie auch ein mächtiges strategisches Werkzeug ist, welches zur Entmächtigung und Abwertung eingesetzt werden kann. Anhand von drei konkreten sprachwissenschaftlichen Phänomenen untersuchen wir genauer, wie dieser Prozess tatsächlich ablaufen kann. Viel Spaß beim Hören!Ein Podcast von Anton und Jakob. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sprachpfade ---Grundlageliteratur: Henning, Tim, Nikola Anna Kompa & Christian Nimtz. 2025. Die dunkle Seite der Sprache. C.H.BECK.Lobenstein-Reichmann, Anja. 2017. Eigenes und Fremdes konstruieren. In Thomas Niehr, Jörg Kilian & Martin Wengeler (Hrsg.), Handbuch Sprache und Politik, Band 2, 811–832. Helmut Buske Verlag.Meints-Stender, Waltraud. 2020. Politik und Sprache – Anmerkungen zum Verständnis von Handeln und Sprechen bei Hannah Arendt. In Ingo Juchler (Hrsg.), Politik und Sprache: Handlungsfelder politischer Bildung, 23–30. Springer Fachmedien. Nöllke, Matthias. 2019. Die Sprache der Macht: Wie man sie durchschaut. Wie man sie nutzt. 3. Auflage. Haufe-Lexware.Süßebecker, Katrin. 2022. Zum Zusammenhang von Macht und Sprache. In Nico Leonhardt, Anne Goldbach, Lucia Staib & Saskia Schuppener (Hrsg.), Macht in der Schule. Wissen – Sichtweisen – Erfahrungen. Texte in Leichter Sprache, Einfacher Sprache und Fachsprache, 100–110. Verlag Julius Klinkhardt. Literatur zur Vertiefung:Brunkhorst, Hauke, Regina Kreide & Cristina Lafont (Hrsg.). 2009. Habermas-Handbuch. J.B. Metzler. Searle, John R. 2004. Ausdruck und Bedeutung: Untersuchungen zur Sprechakttheorie (Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft 349). Suhrkamp.Searle, John R. 2019. Sprechakte: ein sprachphilosophischer Essay (Suhrkamp-Taschenbuch Wissenschaft 458). 13. Auflage. Suhrkamp. Links aus dem Internet:DGB. 2026. Tag der Arbeit: Geschichte des 1. Mai. https://www.dgb.de/mitmachen/erster-mai/geschichte-des-ersten-mai/. (15 April 2026).Klein, Josef. 2010. Sprache und Macht. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. https://www.bpb.de/shop/zeitschriften/apuz/32949/sprache-und-macht/. (15 März 2026).Röder, Andreas & Silvana Rödder. 2022. Sprache und Macht. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. https://www.bpb.de/shop/zeitschriften/apuz/geschlechtergerechte-sprache-2022/346076/sprache-und-macht/. (15 März 2026).Yours!, Linguistically. 2026. Hannah Arendt and Public Speech. Substack newsletter. LinguisticallyYours' Substack. https://linguistically.substack.com/p/hannah-arendt-and-public-speech?utm_medium=reader2. (12 April 2026). Gegenüber Themenvorschlägen für die kommenden Ausflüge in die Sprachwissenschaft und Anregungen jeder Art sind wir stets offen. Wir freuen uns auf euer Feedback! Schreibt uns dazu einfach an oder in die DMs: anton.sprachpfade@protonmail.com oder jakob.sprachpfade@protonmail.com ---Grafiken und Musik von Elias Kündiger https://on.soundcloud.com/ySNQ6

Imagine revelar seu segredo mais sombrio na véspera do casamento. Agora imagine que todos na sala também têm segredos terríveis, mas só você será julgado como monstro. Bem-vindo a O Drama, o filme da A24 que está fazendo plateias saírem do cinema em silêncio constrangedor.Zendaya e Robert Pattinson interpretam um casal aparentemente perfeito cuja vida implode em uma dinâmica de grupo que vira armadilha moral. Mas aqui está a pegadinha de O Drama: por que uma personagem é condenada por um pensamento não executado enquanto outros saem ilesos por ações cruéis reais que machucaram pessoas de verdade? E o que o racismo estrutural tem a ver com isso?Rafael Arinelli, Thiago Muniz e Carissa Vieira destrinçam as camadas deste thriller psicológico de 28 milhões de dólares (que já faturou 81 milhões globalmente). Eles debatem Hannah Arendt e a banalidade do mal, Foucault e o panóptico das redes sociais, e por que um diretor norueguês conseguiu olhar para a "patologia americana" dos tiroteios em massa com uma lucidez brutal.O Drama testa você, não a protagonista. Você vai passar?• 05m44: Pauta Principal• 1h18m25: Plano Detalhe• 1h32m36: EncerramentoOuça nosso Podcast também no:• Spotify: https://cinemacao.short.gy/spotify• Apple Podcast: https://cinemacao.short.gy/apple• Android: https://cinemacao.short.gy/android• Deezer: https://cinemacao.short.gy/deezer• Amazon Music: https://cinemacao.short.gy/amazonAgradecimentos aos padrinhos: • André Marinho Moreira• Bruna Mercer• Charles Calisto Souza• Daniel Barbosa da Silva Feijó• Diego Alves Lima• Eloi Xavier• Guilherme S. Arinelli• Thiago Custodio Coquelet• Wilmar Arinelli Jr• William SaitoFale Conosco:• Email: contato@cinemacao.com• X: https://cinemacao.short.gy/x-cinemacao• BlueSky: https://cinemacao.short.gy/bsky-cinemacao• Facebook: https://cinemacao.short.gy/face-cinemacao• Instagram: https://cinemacao.short.gy/insta-cinemacao• Tiktok: https://cinemacao.short.gy/tiktok-cinemacao• Youtube: https://cinemacao.short.gy/yt-cinemacaoApoie o Cinem(ação)!Apoie o Cinem(ação) e faça parte de um seleto clube de ouvintes privilegiados, desfrutando de inúmeros benefícios! Com uma assinatura a partir de R$30,00, você terá acesso a conteúdo exclusivo e muito mais! Não perca mais tempo, torne-se um apoiador especial do nosso canal! Junte-se a nós para uma experiência cinematográfica única!Plano Detalhe:• (Carissa): Filme: Veneno para as Fadas• (Carissa): Filme: Suspíria• (Carissa): Filme: Exploda Minha Cidade• (Thiago): Filme: Michael• (Rafael): Canal do youtube: SanagoEdição: ISSOaí

Cet épisode solo est un développément de ma newsletter à laquelle vous pouvez vous abonner ici!Depuis vingt ans, la Silicon Valley nous vend la même promesse : une vie fluide, sans résistance, où tout est à portée de clic. Et on a dit oui. Collectivement, sans jamais vraiment en discuter. Le café en dosette plutôt que le café moulu. La playlist algorithmique plutôt que les morceaux glanés un à un. La livraison en deux heures plutôt que la sortie en ville. Individuellement, chaque choix semblait raisonnable.Dans cet épisode, j'explore ce que cette idéologie du "frictionless" nous a réellement coûté, au-delà de l'addiction aux écrans et de la perte d'emplois : une vie qui glisse sans s'accrocher nulle part, une capacité à raisonner qui s'atrophie, un monde commun qui disparaît, et une génération entière structurellement fragile face aux vraies tempêtes.J'interroge les travaux de Matthew Crawford sur la résistance productive, de Tim Wu sur la commodité comme idéologie dominante, d'Hannah Arendt sur le monde commun, de Jonathan Haidt sur la santé mentale des adolescents depuis l'arrivée des smartphones, de Pablo Servigne sur le "réseau des tempêtes" comme seule vraie résilience, et d'Hartmut Rosa sur la résonance. Je m'appuie aussi sur Viktor Frankl, Harry Frankfurt, Sherry Turkle et Cal Newport.Ce n'est pas un texte technophobe. Je commande sur Amazon, je prends des Uber, j'utilise Claude Cowork tous les jours. Mais je me demande, honnêtement, ce qu'on a accepté de sacrifier sans jamais en discuter collectivement. Et si le vrai futur, ce n'était pas un futur sans friction, mais un futur dans lequel on utilise les outils pour monter le niveau d'exigence, pas pour le faire descendre.CITATIONS MARQUANTES1. "La commodité, dans sa version la plus avancée, ne supprime pas juste la contrainte. Elle supprime aussi l'expérience."2. "Une vie dans laquelle il n'y a aucune friction est une vie dans laquelle nous mourons dans le même état que celui dans lequel nous sommes nés. Il ne s'est strictement rien passé." (Michael Dandrieux)3. "On a remplacé le raisonnement par l'accumulation de contenus et de données. Et ces deux choses ne sont pas du tout équivalentes."4. "Des livrables plus beaux, des décisions moins bonnes." (dirigeant d'un cabinet de conseil en stratégie)5. "La démocratie est un effort. Pas seulement un effort de l'intelligence rationnelle. Un effort de confiance aussi. D'aimer son prochain qu'on ne connaît pas." (Edward Snowden, via Flore Vasseur)IDÉES CENTRALES1. La friction n'est pas un bug, c'est ce qui nous constitue Timestamp estimé : 06:30 – 14:30 Matthew Crawford le formule mieux que quiconque : l'engagement avec la résistance du monde réel est précisément ce qui nous constitue comme humains. Quand vous apprenez un instrument, la difficulté des cordes, les fausses notes, la coordination des doigts, c'est ce qui crée la compétence. Et avec la compétence : la fierté, la dignité, le sens. Une application qui jouerait à votre place vous donnerait le son mais pas la musique. Le résultat sans le chemin. Et sans ce chemin, vous avez perdu l'essentiel. La Silicon Valley a fondé son modèle entier sur l'idée inverse : le chemin est le problème, le résultat est tout ce qui compte. C'est une erreur anthropologique majeure.Pourquoi c'est important : Cette inversion du rapport à la difficulté n'est pas anodine. Elle redéfinit ce qu'on entend par compétence, par satisfaction, par vie accomplie.2. Le monde commun est en train d'être démantelé, et c'est une catastrophe démocratique Timestamp estimé : 17:30 – 26:00 Hannah Arendt avait conceptualisé le "monde commun" comme l'espace partagé où se construit la politique, l'humanité, la rencontre avec l'Autre. Ce que la Silicon Valley a systématiquement attaqué, pas par malveillance mais par logique économique, c'est exactement cet espace : chaque moment dans le monde commun est un moment non monétisé. Résultat : des "fantômes collectifs" qui occupent le même espace physique mais vivent dans des réalités informationnelles complètement différentes. Et une démocratie qui continue à s'animer mais qui a perdu sa fonction : elle produit du bruit, pas de la délibération.Pourquoi c'est important : La montée des autocraties, le repli tribal, l'incapacité à cohabiter avec la différence : ce n'est pas qu'un problème politique. C'est un problème d'espace. On a supprimé les lieux où on apprenait à vivre avec ceux qui ne pensaient pas comme nous.3. Déléguer la pensée, c'est perdre la capacité d'apprendre de ses erreurs Timestamp estimé : 26:00 – 37:30 Les grands modèles de langage prédisent sans comprendre pourquoi. Ils corrèlent sans expliquer. Et quand on utilise un outil qui prédit sans expliquer, on obtient des réponses dont on ne peut pas évaluer la validité si on n'a pas cheminé sur le sujet. L'effet de contentement fait le reste : le résultat a l'air assez bon pour qu'on ne dépense pas l'énergie cognitive à voir si on serait arrivé à autre chose par soi-même. Des livrables plus beaux, des décisions moins bonnes.Pourquoi c'est important : La question n'est pas "est-ce que l'IA va remplacer les journalistes ?" La vraie question : est-ce qu'une société dans laquelle pas suffisamment de personnes ne s'entraînent à évaluer un argument est encore capable de se gouverner elle-même ?4. Une génération protégée de l'inconfort mineur devient catastrophiquement fragile face à l'inconfort majeur Timestamp estimé : 37:30 – 46:30 Jonathan Haidt montre comment la corrélation entre smartphones et dégradation de la santé mentale des adolescents depuis 2012 est réelle et préoccupante. La thèse intuitive de Greg : si on protège quelqu'un de tout inconfort mineur, on lui retire les occasions de développer la capacité à gérer les inconvénients majeurs. Pablo Servigne ajoute la dimension collective : la résilience, ce n'est pas une infrastructure, c'est du lien. Et ce que la Silicon Valley a vendu, ce sont des substituts de lien : larges et superficiels plutôt qu'étroits et profonds.Pourquoi c'est important : La logique frictionless crée ses propres victimes : elle optimise pour les conditions normales et rend les gens catastrophiquement fragiles face aux conditions anormales.5. La discipline de la résistance comme réponse systémique, pas individuelle Timestamp estimé : 01:03:00 – 01:08:00 Greg refuse le solutionnisme individuel. Il ne propose pas une liste de hacks. Il propose un concept : choisir consciemment de ne pas déléguer certaines choses précises, pas toutes, pas par idéologie, mais parce qu'elles vous construisent. Ce qu'Hartmut Rosa appelle la résonance : ces moments où quelque chose dans le monde vous touche vraiment, vous transforme, vous répond. La résonance ne se commande pas. Elle surgit dans la lenteur, l'attention, le contact vrai avec quelque chose qui résiste.Pourquoi c'est important : Le futur dont Greg parle n'est pas nostalgique et pas technophobe. Il utilise les outils pour monter le niveau d'exigence, pas pour le faire descendre. C'est une position nuancée dans un débat qui ne l'est généralement pas.QUESTIONS STRUCTURANTES THÉMATIQUES(Newsletter solo : pas d'invité. Voici les questions que le texte soulève et auxquelles il répond, utilisables comme fil éditorial ou comme amorces de discussion.)1. En quoi la promesse d'une vie "sans friction" est-elle devenue une idéologie, et pas seulement une amélioration technique ?2. Qu'est-ce qu'on a vraiment perdu en supprimant les petites résistances du quotidien, au-delà de l'inconfort évident ?3. Pourquoi la difficulté est-elle constitutive de la compétence, de la fierté et du sens, selon Matthew Crawford ?4. Comment la logique économique des plateformes explique-t-elle l'attaque systématique sur le "monde commun" d'Arendt, sans qu'il y ait besoin d'invoquer une théorie du complot ?5. Quelle différence y a-t-il entre raisonner et générer, et pourquoi cette distinction est-elle cruciale pour comprendre ce que l'IA fait à notre capacité de décision ?6. Comment l'atrophie de l'esprit critique, accélérée par les outils IA, peut-elle devenir un problème démocratique, pas seulement individuel ?7. En quoi une génération numériquement protégée de l'inconfort mineur devient-elle structurellement vulnérable face aux crises majeures ?8. Quelle est la différence entre une technologie qui augmente les capacités humaines et une technologie qui les remplace ? Comment faire la distinction dans ses propres usages ?9. Qu'est-ce que le concept de "résonance" de Hartmut Rosa apporte au débat sur la relation à la technologie, au-delà du débat sur l'addiction aux écrans ?10. Que signifie concrètement "une discipline de la résistance", et pourquoi ce n'est pas la même chose qu'un retour en arrière ou un rejet de la technologie ?RÉFÉRENCES CITÉESPhilosophes et penseursMatthew Crawford, philosophe américain entre philosophie et mécanique moto. Livre cité : "The World Beyond Your Head". Thèse : l'engagement avec la résistance du monde réel constitue l'humain. Bloc 4, ~08:00Tim Wu, professeur à Columbia. Livre cité : "Les marchands de l'attention". Concept : la commodité comme valeur suprême ayant remplacé la liberté et l'individualité. Bloc 5, ~11:30Hannah Arendt, philosophe. Concept cité : le "monde commun", espace public partagé nécessaire à la démocratie et à la rencontre avec l'Autre. Bloc 7, ~19:00Harry Frankfurt, philosophe américain. Distinction : le mensonge vs le "bullshit". L'IA comme infrastructure industrielle pour le bullshit. Bloc 10, ~35:00Viktor Frankl, psychiatre, fondateur de la logothérapie, survivant des camps de concentration. Thèse : les humains supportent n'importe quelle difficulté si elle a un sens, et s'effondrent face au confort vide de sens. Bloc 15, ~59:00Hartmut Rosa, sociologue allemand. Concept cité : la "résonance", ces moments où quelque chose dans le monde nous touche et nous transforme. Livre sous-jacent : "Résonance". Bloc 16, ~01:03:30Sociologues et psychologuesMichael Dandrieux, sociologue, ami de Greg. Citation : "Une vie sans friction est une vie dans laquelle nous mourons dans le même état que celui dans lequel nous sommes nés." Bloc 6, ~16:00Jonathan Haidt, psychologue américain. Thèse : corrélation entre l'arrivée des smartphones (2012) et la dégradation de la santé mentale des adolescents, en particulier les filles. Bloc 11, ~38:00Sherry Turkle, professeure au MIT. Livre cité : "Ensemble mais chacun seul". Thèse : on peut être hyperconnecté et ne jamais vraiment rencontrer personne. Bloc 8, ~24:30Cal Newport, auteur. Formule citée : "La capacité de produire quelque chose de valeur est proportionnelle à la capacité de se concentrer sur des choses difficiles." Bloc 9, ~29:30Pablo Servigne, chercheur sur les effondrements, invité de Vlan!. Concept cité : le "réseau des tempêtes" comme seule vraie résilience. La résilience, c'est du lien, pas une infrastructure. Bloc 11, ~41:00Invités de Vlan! citésKim Chapiron, réalisateur, ancien invité de Vlan!. Observation : depuis 2001, aucune superproduction hollywoodienne sans un musulman armé présenté comme terroriste. Bloc 10, ~32:00Flore Vasseur, réalisatrice de "Meeting Snowden", ancienne invitée de Vlan!. Citation d'Edward Snowden extraite du film : "La démocratie est un effort." Bloc 15, ~01:00:00Sociologue de la ville (non nommé), ancien invité de Vlan!. Observation : plus une ville est grande, plus elle rend seul. Bloc 8, ~25:30Études et donnéesÉtude dans le métro canadien : des passagers forcés à parler à des inconnus pendant 3 semaines étaient significativement plus heureux que ceux qui ne l'étaient pas. Bloc 7, ~18:30Rapport d'Universciences cité : 76% des Français pensent avoir un bon esprit critique, mais 40% refusent de parler avec des personnes ayant un avis opposé. Bloc 10, ~33:00Plateformes et dirigeantsReed Hastings (CEO Netflix), citation paraphrasée : "Mon plus grand concurrent, c'est votre sommeil." Bloc 7, ~22:00Outils technologiques mentionnés par GregClaude Cowork, Amazon, Uber, Dropbox, Google Maps, Deliveroo, Uber Eats, Netflix, ChatGPT, Instagram, Tinder, Duolingo, Khan Academy.TIMESTAMPS CLÉS00:00 - Intro : je déteste la discipline, mais j'ai peur qu'on me vole ma vie Greg installe la tension centrale : son aversion à la contrainte vs sa lucidité sur ce qu'on accepte de sacrifier sans s'en rendre compte. L'expression "c'est pratique" comme porte d'entrée d'une idéologie.01:30 - La voiture à 10 cm du sol La métaphore fondatrice. Une voiture de sport surélevée de quelques centimètres ne roule pas, le moteur tourne en vain. Sans friction entre les pneus et le sol, aucun mouvement. C'est exactement ce que la Silicon Valley nous a vendu depuis 20 ans.04:00 - Google Maps décide de ton chemin. Netflix de ce que tu regardes. Tinder de ta vie. L'inventaire de la délégation totale. Chaque décision existentielle progressivement confiée à une plateforme. Et la question posée : confondons-nous facilité et progrès ?06:30 - L'anecdote du frigo vide à Lisbonne Greg rentre chez lui, frigo vide, premier réflexe : app, Uber Eats, Netflix. Il réalise ce qu'il rate : les conversations avec les commerçants, les rencontres fortuites, les surprises de la rue. "Ces petites collisions ponctuent la réalité et lui donnent de la texture."09:00 - Matthew Crawford : la friction n'est pas un bug, c'est ce qui vous constitue comme humain Introduction du philosophe qui travaille entre la philosophie et la mécanique moto. Son idée centrale : la résistance du monde réel est ce qui nous fait humains. Exemple de l'apprentissage d'un instrument de musique : sans la difficulté des cordes et des fausses notes, on a le son mais pas la musique.11:30 - Tim Wu : la commodité est devenue une idéologie, plus prégnante que n'importe quelle position politique Professeur à Columbia, auteur des "Marchands de l'attention". La commodité a remplacé la liberté et l'individualité. Et on y est arrivé micro-décision par micro-décision, sans jamais voter pour.14:30 - La journée où il ne s'est rien passé Le sentiment de regarder ses journées et de réaliser que rien n'a résisté. Rien n'a laissé de trace. Michael Dandrieux, sociologue : une vie sans friction, c'est mourir dans le même état qu'on est né.17:30 - L'étude du métro canadien et Hannah Arendt Des passagers forcés à parler à des inconnus pendant 3 semaines sont les plus heureux. Arendt et le "monde commun" : l'espace partagé sans lequel la démocratie ne tient pas. Ce que la Silicon Valley a attaqué, par logique économique pure : chaque moment dans le monde commun est un moment non monétisé.23:00 - "Les fantômes collectifs" et Sherry Turkle Des gens qui occupent le même espace physique mais vivent dans des réalités informationnelles parallèles. Turkle : "Nous sommes ensemble mais chacun seul." Et le paradoxe : plus on est connecté, moins on rencontre l'Autre qui dérange.26:00 - L'IA rend les présentations plus belles et les décisions moins bonnes Un dirigeant de cabinet de conseil stratégique. La distinction entre raisonner et générer. L'effet de contentement. Cal Newport : la valeur est proportionnelle à la capacité de se concentrer sur des choses difficiles.31:30 - L'esprit critique sous perfusion 76% des Français pensent avoir un bon esprit critique, 40% refusent de parler à qui pense différemment. L'IA comme la plus grande expérience d'atrophie collective de l'esprit critique. Harry Frankfurt : l'IA comme infrastructure industrielle pour le bullshit.37:30 - Jonathan Haidt et la génération fragile Depuis 2012 et l'arrivée des smartphones : hausse spectaculaire de l'anxiété et de la dépression chez les adolescents. Protéger de l'inconfort mineur, c'est retirer les occasions de développer la capacité à gérer l'inconfort majeur.41:00 - Pablo Servigne et le réseau des tempêtes La résilience n'est pas une infrastructure. C'est du lien. Des liens denses, réels, entre des gens qui se connaissent vraiment. Ce que la Silicon Valley a vendu : des substituts de lien, larges et superficiels, qui ne tiennent pas quand la vraie tempête arrive.46:30 - La question inconfortable : pouvez-vous rester seul deux heures sans écran ? Pas en retraite de méditation. Juste un dimanche après-midi ordinaire. Le silence dans la salle, c'est la réponse. L'idéologie frictionless a détruit notre capacité à supporter notre propre compagnie.52:00 - Duolingo, Khan Academy : la friction productive comme modèle alternatif Des technologies qui construisent des capacités plutôt que de s'y substituer. L'intelligence conative comme test ultime : est-ce que cet outil libère ma puissance d'agir ou crée une béquille ?57:00 - Ce que la Silicon Valley n'a pas compris La paresse intellectuelle n'est pas californienne ("Panem et circenses" date de 2000 ans). Ce qui est nouveau : l'échelle et la sophistication. Viktor Frankl : les humains supportent n'importe quelle difficulté si elle a un sens.01:03:00 - La discipline de la résistance et Hartmut Rosa Pas une liste de hacks. Un principe : choisir consciemment de ne pas déléguer certaines choses parce qu'elles vous construisent. Rosa et la résonance : elle surgit dans la lenteur et le contact vrai avec ce qui résiste. Le futur qu'on n'a pas encore construit. Suggestion d'épisode à écouter : [SOLO] Qu'est-ce qu'une bonne vie et autres questions métaphysiques de rentrée (https://audmns.com/DHiQJnu)Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

“Pessimism is not fatalism. Fatalism is the belief that things will always necessarily be worse. Pessimism is the belief that things will probably get worse. Within that ‘probably,' it opens up space for action.” — Gal Beckerman In the first months of Trump II, Gal Beckerman watched American society do something that shocked him: comply. In one pathetic example after another, prominent law firms, universities, and senior federal employees buckled to every Trumpian whim. America appeared unable to resist authoritarianism. There were no dissidents. Thus How to Be a Dissident. Beckerman's new manual of resistance is inspired by history's more insistent dissenters — from Mandelstam and Solzhenitsyn to Navalny, Ai Weiwei, Thoreau, Havel, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, and demonstrators on the streets of Minneapolis. The quiet manifesto focuses on what Beckerman considers the ten most essential qualities of how to be a dissident: Be alone. Be pessimistic. Be funny. Be reckless. Be watchful. Pessimism, above all. Not fatalism — the belief that things will always necessarily be worse — but the belief that things will probably get worse. Optimism, in Beckerman's mind, undermines urgency and thus enables passivity. Pessimism forces resistance. It's the first lesson in how to be a dissident. Five Takeaways •       Moral Nausea: Beckerman's term for the feeling most of us recognise but most of us suppress: seeing something wrong — a neighbour treated badly, a homeless person in a terrible situation, a dead child in a newspaper — and knowing ourselves somehow implicated. Most of us swallow it back down. We don't do anything. We try not to think about it. The dissident is the person who doesn't. What separates them, Hannah Arendt argued after studying Germans who resisted the Nazis, is a single question: can I live with myself? If the answer is no — if living with myself would mean living with a murderer — the dissident acts. That question, and the refusal to avoid it, is what makes a dissident a dissident. •       The Pre-Political: Havel's definition of where dissidence begins: not in ideology or revolution, but in the defence of whatever allows a human life to feel normal. For Havel, it started with a rock band — the Plastic People of the Universe, arrested for playing unauthorised concerts in communist Czechoslovakia. They weren't political. They sang about drinking beer. But they were gathering people together outside state sanction, and that was enough. For Iranian dissidents: being able to drive unaccompanied, or not cover one's hair. For the Tiananmen tank man: getting home to make dinner. The dissident defends those pre-political conditions — the normal life — when the state moves to violate them. •       Mandelstam's Answer: Osip Mandelstam composed a poem mocking Stalin in the early 1930s — at the height of Stalin's repressive era — and never wrote it down. He repeated it to his wife, Nadezhda, night after night in bed until she had memorised it. When it reached the secret police, he was arrested and brought to the Lubyanka. The interrogator asked: why did you do this? He could have denied it. Blamed his wife. Said it was a game of telephone. Instead he said: I wrote it because I hate fascism. It's as simple as that. Beckerman opens the book with this moment because it captures the dissident at their most elemental — a man who, when asked the Arendt question, answered honestly. •       Navalny Goes Back: After being poisoned by Putin and spending months recovering in Germany, Navalny returned to Russia, knowing almost certainly that in the best case he would be in prison for a very long time, and that Putin would most likely find another way to kill him. Which he did. Why go back? Navalny's answer, in his memoir: he had made a promise to the Russian people. How could he stand on the sidelines while asking others to sacrifice so much? The scene Beckerman describes from the prison: Navalny finds a moment away from the cameras, pulls his wife Yulia aside, and tells her he's accepted that he's probably not getting out alive. She says: I know. I've thought the same thing, and I've accepted it. He kisses her. He needs to know she isn't engaging in magical thinking. Optimism, in this context, would not have helped him. •       Be Pessimistic: Beckerman's most counterintuitive prescription, and his favourite. The assumption is that anyone engaged in quixotic world-changing behaviour must be an optimist. Beckerman argues the opposite. Pessimism — not fatalism — is healthier. The distinction matters: fatalism says things will always necessarily be worse. Pessimism says things will probably be worse. The “probably” leaves room for action. If you assume someone else will solve climate change, or that authoritarianism will inevitably collapse, you wait. The pessimist acts now, with what time they have, because they know things probably won't work out otherwise. It is, Beckerman suggests, akin to accepting death: the ultimate pessimistic reality we all face, which is also the only thing that makes each day matter. About the Guest Gal Beckerman is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of How to Be a Dissident (Crown, April 21, 2026), The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas, and When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry (Sami Rohr Prize winner). He has a PhD from Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn. References: •       How to Be a Dissident by Gal Beckerman (Crown, April 21, 2026). •       Nadezhda Mandelstam, Hope Against Hope — the memoir Beckerman calls one of his favourite books. •       Alexei Navalny, Patriot — the memoir Beckerman draws on for the prison scene with Yulia. •       Episode 2869: Jacob Mchangama on The Future of Free Speech — the companion episode on the crisis of free speech that contextualises this one. About Keen On America Nobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,900 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting. WebsiteSubstackYouTube

Chuck Todd argues the Trump administration is in the political equivalent of a hole and can't stop digging, walking through a series of self-inflicted wounds that are damaging America's standing both at home and abroad. He reveals the administration is circulating a "trade for aid" package at the UN that would essentially privatize humanitarian assistance, a pretense to drop all foreign aid since the private sector obviously won't fill the gaps without extracting something in return — and warns that after the USAID cuts, other countries have already scaled back their own contributions, meaning America is effectively exporting heartlessness around the world and looking like assholes in the process. The administration's fight with the Pope perfectly captures this mentality: Mike Johnson is defending Trump's attacks on the pontiff by citing Catholic "just war doctrine," newly-converted JD Vance is lecturing the Pope on his own church's theology, and Chuck notes that elected Republicans know this is disastrous politics but are too afraid to say so publicly. He closes with a reflection on hosting a panel for a new documentary about Hannah Arendt, arguing it's the perfect moment to revisit her work on totalitarianism. He notes Arendt was a Zionist who didn't want Israel to be a nationalist state, and applies that framework to the current moment: the backlash against Israel is really a backlash against Netanyahu, who has tried to manipulate every American president but only found his willing partner in Trump; October 7th galvanized Israeli society but hasn't made Bibi more popular at home; Israel now has only one major ally left in America, and Bibi is actively risking even that. Then, Gal Beckerman — author of the new book How to Be a Dissident — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a timely conversation about what it actually takes to resist authoritarianism, written explicitly for an American audience that he argues is now experiencing something abnormal and authoritarian for the first time. Beckerman, drawing on his years of reporting on historical resistance movements, identifies the qualities that successful dissidents across cultures and eras tend to share: the ability to step away from human conformity, a deep sense of pessimism that paradoxically motivates action, and a willingness to be reckless in ways that expose the cruelty of the system they're fighting — whether that's putting children in harm's way during the Birmingham civil rights protests, setting oneself on fire to prove a point, or Alexei Navalny choosing to return to Russia knowing he would likely lose his life. He explains why killing dissidents often backfires by making them immortal, why humor and satire are uniquely powerful tools that authorities have always tried to suppress (medieval rulers banned satire for a reason), and the simple question every dissident eventually faces: "Can I live with myself?" The conversation turns to what Beckerman sees happening in America right now. He praises the No Kings protests for ramping up demonstrations strategically and points to Minneapolis during ICE's occupation as a moment where ordinary Americans demonstrated genuine dissident behavior. Beckerman makes the provocative argument that the most effective dissidents tend to come from within the system rather than from outside it. He compares Hungary's recent overthrow of Orbán, which was made possible by years of civic organizing in rural areas building the sense of community needed to believe change was possible, with America's institutional capitulation under Trump. He argues Americans weren't prepared to act because they'd never faced this situation before, but that ICE's actions in Minneapolis genuinely woke many people up, They close with cautious optimism: Trump has shaken Americans out of complacency, voter turnout is at its highest in a century, the country has become more sophisticated about protest, and that most dissidents don't realize they've succeeded in the moment they're acting. Finally, he answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment. Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/chuck. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. Refresh your wardrobe with Quince. Go to https://Quince.com/chuck for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Link in bio or go to https://getsoul.com & enter code TODDCAST for 30% off your first order. Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 06:00 The Trump administration can’t help but “stop digging” 06:45 Outside of his base, Trump isn’t able to persuade others 07:30 Administration circulating a “trade for aid” package at the UN 09:00 Administration wants the world to privatize humanitarian aid 10:00 After USAID cuts, other countries have scaled back their aid 10:45 State Dept official says it’s a pretense to drop all aid & privatize it 11:45 Private sector won’t fill in aid gaps without getting something in return 13:15 Trump is making America look like assholes to the rest of the world 14:00 We’re exporting heartlessness around the world 15:00 This mentality is perfectly captured in administration’s fight with the pope 16:15 Mike Johnson defends Trump’s attack on Pope, citing “just war doctrine” 17:30 The pope has been saying what a pope should say 18:45 Catholic church has a specific theology on “just war” 20:00 JD Vance is newly converted and wants to lecture the pope & church 21:15 Elected Republicans know this is bad politics but are afraid to go public 22:30 Trump’s threats to fire Jay Powell make it harder to confirm his successor 25:00 Maybe a strong independent mind like Jay Powell should run for president 26:45 Prior presidents worked to help their party in 2nd term, Trump doesn’t care 27:45 Trump may be president, but he’s not a true “party leader” 28:15 Chuck hosted panel for new documentary about Hannah Arendt 29:00 Great time to take a deep dive into Arendt’s work on totalitarianism 29:45 We aren’t living in a totalitarian state, but you can see how it can happen 31:30 Arrendt was a Zionist, but didn’t want Israel to be a nationalist state 33:00 Backlash to Israel is mostly backlash against Bibi. 34:00 Bibi has tried to manipulate presidents, only Trump didn’t push back 35:30 October 7th galvanized Israelis, but Bibi isn’t more popular 37:30 Israel now only has one ally in America, Bibi risking that alliance too 38:30 The only way Israel fixes this is with a new government 39:15 Support for Israel is degraded on the American left, the right could follow 43:30 Gal Beckerman joins the Chuck ToddCast45:15 The book is intended for an American audience45:45 Americans are experiencing something abnormal & authoritarian46:30 The conditions for a “normal life” are being impeded on in America47:00 We saw true dissidents in Minneapolis during ICE occupation48:30 Most people are hardwired to conform, Minneapolis didn’t49:00 Dissidents say “no” when their conscience is being violated50:00 The most simple question for dissidents is “Can I live with myself?”52:00 What made Soviet dissidents successful vs. modern Russians?53:30 Soviet Jews were oppressed, but also couldn’t leave54:15 Soviet Jews broadcast to the world that they were basically prisoners56:00 Orban’s fall in Hungary had been percolating for years57:00 Civic organizations in rural Hungary had been organizing58:00 The sense of community helped people think Orban could be defeated59:00 No Kings protests have been smart about ramping up demonstrations59:30 People can join No Kings for their preferred cause & find community1:01:00 Are the most effective dissidents the people who came from the system?1:01:45 Navalny in Russia was a creature of the establishment1:02:45 Liz Cheney didn’t work as a dissident since she wasn’t from Trump wing1:04:15 The qualities found in dissidents transcend cultures and eras1:05:30 Dissidents have to be able to step away from human conformity1:06:15 Pessimism is a common quality in dissidents1:07:45 If you think things will get better, it doesn’t motivate you to act1:09:00 The difference between fatalism and pessimism1:10:45 Humor and satire are a great way to speak to broader audiences1:12:00 The absurdity in satire cuts through1:13:30 Satire was pulled down by authorities during the middle ages1:14:00 Why is recklessness the mark of a successful dissident?1:15:00 Putting children in harms way in Birmingham showed cruelty of segregation1:16:15 People set themselves on fire to prove a point1:17:30 Navalny risked and ultimately lost his life by going back to Russia1:19:00 Killing dissidents can make them immortal, make them more powerful1:21:15 It’s important to understand what qualities make for a powerful dissident1:22:15 We’ve seen institutions and people capitulate in America1:23:00 Disney settling with Trump put a permanent stain on corporate owned media1:25:30 Americans weren’t prepared to act because they’ve never faced this situation1:26:15 ICE going to Minneapolis really woke up many Americans1:26:45 Being a citizen does demand hard choices sometimes1:29:45 Israeli society is organized around the idea that citizenship is active work1:30:30 The upside to the Trump era, is the highest voter turnout in a century1:32:00 Trump has shaken many Americans out of their sense of complacency1:33:00 America has become more sophisticated about protesting1:34:45 America wants change badly, they keep voting for it1:35:30 Change takes time and people are increasingly impatient1:37:30 What lesson do you hope people most learn from your book?1:40:15 Moral choices are a burden, but are also creative acts1:41:45 Most dissidents don’t know they are successful in the moment 1:43:45 Thoughts on the NBA play-in 1:46:30 Ask Chuck 1:46:45 Would Whitmer/Slotkin be as strong as Warnock/Ossoff as a ticket? 1:49:30 Why didn’t Trump take credit/victory lap over the Artemis mission? 1:53:30 Why are preemptive pardons allowed? 1:55:30 Thoughts on latest polling showing Thomas Massie doing well? 1:58:45 Thoughts on increased calls for expulsion of members of congress? 2:00:30 If Iran offers Obama’s deal, could that further isolate Trump from the world?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chuck Todd argues the Trump administration is in the political equivalent of a hole and can't stop digging, walking through a series of self-inflicted wounds that are damaging America's standing both at home and abroad. He reveals the administration is circulating a "trade for aid" package at the UN that would essentially privatize humanitarian assistance, a pretense to drop all foreign aid since the private sector obviously won't fill the gaps without extracting something in return — and warns that after the USAID cuts, other countries have already scaled back their own contributions, meaning America is effectively exporting heartlessness around the world and looking like assholes in the process. The administration's fight with the Pope perfectly captures this mentality: Mike Johnson is defending Trump's attacks on the pontiff by citing Catholic "just war doctrine," newly-converted JD Vance is lecturing the Pope on his own church's theology, and Chuck notes that elected Republicans know this is disastrous politics but are too afraid to say so publicly. He closes with a reflection on hosting a panel for a new documentary about Hannah Arendt, arguing it's the perfect moment to revisit her work on totalitarianism. He notes Arendt was a Zionist who didn't want Israel to be a nationalist state, and applies that framework to the current moment: the backlash against Israel is really a backlash against Netanyahu, who has tried to manipulate every American president but only found his willing partner in Trump; October 7th galvanized Israeli society but hasn't made Bibi more popular at home; Israel now has only one major ally left in America, and Bibi is actively risking even that. Finally, he answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment. Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/chuck. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. Refresh your wardrobe with Quince. Go to https://Quince.com/chuck for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Link in bio or go to https://getsoul.com & enter code TODDCAST for 30% off your first order. Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 06:00 The Trump administration can’t help but “stop digging” 06:45 Outside of his base, Trump isn’t able to persuade others 07:30 Administration circulating a “trade for aid” package at the UN 09:00 Administration wants the world to privatize humanitarian aid 10:00 After USAID cuts, other countries have scaled back their aid 10:45 State Dept official says it’s a pretense to drop all aid & privatize it 11:45 Private sector won’t fill in aid gaps without getting something in return 13:15 Trump is making America look like assholes to the rest of the world 14:00 We’re exporting heartlessness around the world 15:00 This mentality is perfectly captured in administration’s fight with the pope 16:15 Mike Johnson defends Trump’s attack on Pope, citing “just war doctrine” 17:30 The pope has been saying what a pope should say 18:45 Catholic church has a specific theology on “just war” 20:00 JD Vance is newly converted and wants to lecture the pope & church 21:15 Elected Republicans know this is bad politics but are afraid to go public 22:30 Trump’s threats to fire Jay Powell make it harder to confirm his successor 25:00 Maybe a strong independent mind like Jay Powell should run for president 26:45 Prior presidents worked to help their party in 2nd term, Trump doesn’t care 27:45 Trump may be president, but he’s not a true “party leader” 28:15 Chuck hosted panel for new documentary about Hannah Arendt 29:00 Great time to take a deep dive into Arendt’s work on totalitarianism 29:45 We aren’t living in a totalitarian state, but you can see how it can happen 31:30 Arrendt was a Zionist, but didn’t want Israel to be a nationalist state 33:00 Backlash to Israel is mostly backlash against Bibi. 34:00 Bibi has tried to manipulate presidents, only Trump didn’t push back 35:30 October 7th galvanized Israelis, but Bibi isn’t more popular 37:30 Israel now only has one ally in America, Bibi risking that alliance too 38:30 The only way Israel fixes this is with a new government 39:15 Support for Israel is degraded on the American left, the right could follow 42:00 Thoughts on the NBA play-in 44:45 Ask Chuck 45:00 Would Whitmer/Slotkin be as strong as Warnock/Ossoff as a ticket? 47:45 Why didn’t Trump take credit/victory lap over the Artemis mission? 51:45 Why are preemptive pardons allowed? 53:45 Thoughts on latest polling showing Thomas Massie doing well? 57:00 Thoughts on increased calls for expulsion of members of congress? 58:45 If Iran offers Obama’s deal, could that further isolate Trump from the world?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angie and I meander further around the idea of community, but this time, it's through Angie's remembrances of the communities she's been part of in different times of her life.  Stories matter. Sharing happens here, and it's kinda lovely in the doing. I hope you'll relate to some of what she shares. I certainly did. I forgot to voice the sign off properly, but I didn't add it after the fact because I liked how we ended this week. I hope you'll subscribe and share, and reivew, despite it all. Thanks, all. Please drop me a line if anything piqued your interest at meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.com.  Episode links: Information about Angie's community event in June is via Big Stone House As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-HumaLive life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

Who was Hannah Arendt? What did she believe about truth and politics? Was she wrong about the American Revolution? Today on The Remnant, Jonah Goldberg and Roger Berkowitz dive into these questions and more, discussing what intellectual category Arendt falls in, her understanding of truth, the question of human nature, Arendt's relationship with Martin Heidegger, the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation, Adolf Eichmann, the meaning of the banality of evil, Arendt's view of the American Revolution, and whether or not she was a small-“L” liberal. Show Notes:—Berkowitz's website—Arendt: The Origins of Totalitarianism—Arendt: Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil—Harvey Mansfield Remnant—Arendt: The Human Condition—Jonah's book, Suicide of the West—Arendt: “The Crisis of Education”—Arendt: “On Revolution”—Berkowitz: “Was Arendt Wrong?” The Remnant is a production of ⁠The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch's offerings—including access to all of Jonah's G-File newsletters—⁠click here⁠. If you'd like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member ⁠by clicking here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Ahrendt, the head of franchise relations for Keke's Breakfast Cafe, talks about the unique operational DNA that drives the brand's success. Arendt, a 40-year industry veteran with roots in the Outback Steakhouse system, discusses how Keke's maintains its "founder-inspired" magic—characterized by massive portions and "elevated American classics"—while scaling under the corporate umbrella of Denny's. The conversation delves into the tactical "rhythm" of the breakfast model, including the importance of "throughput" during peak weekend hours, the strategic use of Denny's franchisee network for national expansion, and the philosophy of keeping systems simple enough that they require no formal training to master.10 Key Takeaways The Power of Simplicity: Effective systems, like Keke's or even Google, should be intuitive enough to use with almost no formal training. The "Shots on Goal" Mentality: Every table is a fresh opportunity to refine service and outdo the previous interaction. Predictability of Breakfast: Unlike dinner service, breakfast offers high predictability, with 50-60% of sales occurring on weekends, allowing for highly targeted labor and training. Throughput is King: During peak hours, "elegant cues"—such as dropping the check early or offering a coffee to go—are essential to managing "campers" and maintaining flow without being rude. Founder Vision vs. Scalability: Keke's spent 16 years refining its P&L and menu before scaling, proving that a solid foundation is necessary to grow. Strategic Real Estate: Keke's targets "daily needs" locations near high-end supermarkets like Publix or Whole Foods to capture guests within a 5-to-10-minute drive. The "Eyes Eat First": Large, visually "elevated" portions drive organic marketing, as guests naturally want to photograph and share the food. Leveraging Existing Networks: By tapping into the established Denny's franchisee network, Keke's was able to expand across seven states rapidly with trusted partners. Operational Recovery: The breakfast model allows for faster "recovery" from mistakes; an omelet can be remade in two minutes, whereas a steakhouse mistake might take 22 minutes to fix. Transferable Industry Skills: Restaurant work teaches discipline and human connection—skills that technology and AI cannot easily replace.

Angie and I talk “we” – what is conjured up with the notion of us? Who are we in community and why does this matter so much? Martha Beck, in “The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life” tells us that 1+1=3… that when you and me talk, we create a third entity, we become “we.”  This is a true meander folks, and I hope you'll sit down with us with a cup of your favourite beverage and join us for the ride. Please drop me a line if anything piqued your interest at meanderingswithtrudy@gmail.com. And share this episode around, and if you're of a mind, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Episode links: You can find "The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life" by Martha Beck at Indigo in Canada, and at local bookstores near you, like Books on Beechwood. Learn more about Martha Beck The except that I read is from Richard Wagamese's book “Embers: One Ojibway's Meditations” You can learn more about Angie and her work at Big Stone House. And Angie quoted from poet Mary Oliver's poem "Summer Day" As always, this podcast is sponsored by the guests who give of their time, and by my company, Chapman Coaching Inc.Royalty free music is gratefully received and is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-HumaLive life joyfully, and always let kindness guide you.

"He lied more than I thought he did—and I thought he lied a lot." — Tom Wells on Henry KissingerIn our Epstein age, everyone seems to have access to everyone else's dirtiest secrets. But half a century ago, in the Watergate era, it was harder to get one's hands on the secret files, phone calls and other private data. But historian Tom Wells has done exactly that with the private phone calls of Henry Kissinger. Wells' new book, The Kissinger Tapes, is based on transcripts of Kissinger's secretly recorded phone conversations—recordings he made primarily for his memoirs and to keep track of what he told to whom.Wells came to the project as a Kissinger critic but found himself respecting certain things about him: particularly his stamina, the work ethic and political skills. What Wells didn't expect was to discover that Kissinger lied even more than most of us assume. Especially about Vietnam and Cambodia. The most damning revelation is his callousness. Kissinger reveled in body counts, Wells reports. He even supported American planes indiscriminately bombing Vietnam so as to hit something. Anything. Anyone.So was Kissinger evil? Or was he, to borrow from Arendt's account of the Adolf Eichmann trial, banal? Whereas Eichmann might have been following orders, Henry Kissinger was following his own career. One was an efficient bureaucrat, the other a supreme networker. Neither had any sensitivity to human suffering. Five Takeaways●      He Lied More Than Expected: Wells came to the project already critical of Kissinger. But going through the transcripts, he discovered Kissinger lied even more than he'd assumed. About the secret wiretaps of government officials and journalists. About the false reporting system for the Cambodia bombing. He kept saying he didn't know anything, had nothing to do with it. He did.●      The Callousness Is Stunning: Nixon and Kissinger reveled in body counts. Nixon said, "I don't care about the civilian casualties." During the Laos invasion, he said he didn't even care if they lost 10,000 South Vietnamese troops. Kissinger remarked that if American planes just dropped bombs out the door without aiming, they'd have to hit something. This wasn't indifference. It was gratification.●      Morality Was Not Part of the Calculation: Kissinger saw most conflicts through the lens of U.S.-Soviet rivalry. The balance of power mattered. The human cost didn't. They secretly armed the Pakistani military during the Bangladesh genocide—between 300,000 and 3 million dead—because they needed Pakistan as a channel to China. The opening to Beijing was more important than the slaughter.●      He Was Supremely Two-Faced: Kissinger was always deferential to Nixon's face, always addressed him as "Mr. President." Behind his back, he said nasty things. He trashed Secretary of State William Rogers constantly. He and Defense Secretary Melvin Laird were rivals, both master leakers, both devious. They came to respect each other for it.●      Evil or Banal?: Hannah Arendt wrote about the banality of evil after covering the Eichmann trial. Some apply that framework to Kissinger. But there's a difference. Eichmann was following orders. Kissinger was following his career. One was an efficient bureaucrat. The other a supreme networker. Neither had any sensitivity to human suffering. About the GuestTom Wells is a historian and the author of The War Within: America's Battle Over Vietnam. He is based in New Mexico.ReferencesBooks mentioned:●      The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations by Tom Wells — his new book based on transcripts of Kissinger's phone recordings.●      Zbig: The Man Who Cracked the Kremlin by Edward Luce — biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski, Kissinger's rival.People mentioned:●      Hannah Arendt wrote about "the banality of evil" while covering the Eichmann trial—a framework some apply to Kissinger.●      Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers; his son's book Truth and Consequences is discussed next week on the show.About Keen On AmericaNobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States—hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,800 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting.WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotify Chapters:(00:00) - Introduction: The age of Epstein vs. the age of Kissinger (01:31) - Why did Kissinger secretly record his calls? (02:54) - Did you come to this as a Kissinger hater? (05:43) - He lied more than I thought he did (06:08) - Breaking news: The callousness (07:47) - Realpolitik vs. indifference to human suffering (09:47) - Did Kissinger recognize moral critics? (11:06) - What kind of man was Kissinger? (14:18) - His relationship with Nixon (15:15) - Who did Kissinger trust? (16:40) - His private life and playboy reputation (19:00) - What the tapes reveal about Vietnam (20:56) - Did he care about American casualties? (22:19) - The monstrous quality (24:20) - Hannah Arendt and the banality of evil (25:52) - What the Kissinger tapes tell us about Trump (27:31) - What would Kissinger make of Ukraine and Gaza?

In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Federica Merenda's essay, “Reading Arendt to Rethink Truth, Science, and Politics in the Era of Fake News”. They discuss Arendt's distinction between factual truths and rational truths and how they reveal of the interplay of truth and politics.

durée : 00:58:07 - Avec philosophie - par : Géraldine Muhlmann, Antoine Ravon - Arendt a beaucoup écrit sur le jugement, s'appuyant largement sur certains écrits de Kant. En quoi sa lecture du philosophe allemand sur cette question est-elle inédite ? Et qu'a-t-elle légué à la philosophie politique et contemporaine ? - réalisation : Nicolas Berger - invités : Carole Widmaier Maître de conférences en philosophie à l'Université de Franche-Comté; Aurore Mréjen Ingénieure de recherche à l'Université Paris Nanterre, chercheuse au Laboratoire du Changement Social et Politique (Université Paris Cité)

durée : 00:58:05 - Avec philosophie - par : Géraldine Muhlmann, Nassim El Kabli, Antoine Ravon - Sur le sujet du labeur, et des douleurs qu'il suscite, aliénation, revenu insuffisant, Arendt discute avec Marx. Et si Arendt était finalement une des très rares philosophes à avoir pris au sérieux cette part de nos vies qui sera peut-être toujours pénible, à savoir le "labeur" ? - réalisation : Nicolas Berger - invités : Katia Genel Professeur de philosophie à l'Université Paris-Nanterre; Jean-Claude Poizat professeur de philosophie en classe de Terminale au lycée Georges Pompidou de Castelnale-Lez dans l'académie de Montpellier

durée : 00:58:01 - Avec philosophie - par : Géraldine Muhlmann, Nassim El Kabli, Antoine Ravon - Si Hannah Arendt est connue pour ses travaux sur le totalitarisme, elle a aussi pensé la démocratie : pour comprendre ce qui fonde un régime démocratique, elle se réfère aux "Anciens", les Romains et les Grecs, et en extrait une articulation conceptuelle originale. - réalisation : Nicolas Berger - invités : Barbara Cassin Philosophe, philologue, académicienne et directrice de recherche au CNRS; Sophie Guérard de Latour Professeur de philosophie à l'Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon.

durée : 00:59:10 - Avec philosophie - par : Géraldine Muhlmann, Nassim El Kabli, Antoine Ravon - Hannah Arendt est convaincue que le nazisme et certaines périodes du stalinisme ont dessiné un tout nouveau type de régime politique : le totalitarisme. Afin de le penser, elle part de la classification des régimes proposée par Montesquieu au 18ᵉ siècle pour inventer de nouveaux concepts. - réalisation : Nicolas Berger - invités : Martine Leibovici maîtresse de conférences émérite en philosophie politique à l'Université Paris Cité; Vincent Lefebve chercheur au Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques (CRISP) en Belgique

On September 7, 1945, only a few months after the Allies accepted the Nazis' unconditional surrender, the Deutches Theater in Berlin reopened its doors with a very deliberate choice of performance. Like many theaters across the country reopening in the wake of the Second World War, Deutches Theater began its new run with a production of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's comic drama about religious tolerance and reconciliation, Nathan der Weise, or Nathan the Wise, which had been banned under the Nazis. A tale of friendship across religious divisions and near-fatal misunderstandings, Nathan the Wise is the story of a wealthy Jewish merchant –the titular Nathan–and the series of complications that arise when he returns home to Jerusalem to discover that his adoptive daughter, Recha, has been rescued from a fire by a former Knight Templar, who himself owes his life to the unlikely mercy of the Muslim Sultan Saladin. Here as elsewhere, Lessing's play functioned as a cipher for an entire history of anxieties about German national identity, Jewish emancipation, and the promise and peril of secular modernity. In this episode, we talk with Jonathan B. Fine, Assistant Professor at Brown University, about Lessing's complex legacy and his pivotal role in the German Enlightenment and the formation of the early bourgeois public sphere. Lessing is nothing short of an embodiment of cultural modernity and the spirit of the European Enlightenment, and one of the main progenitors of the sphere of public debate and discussion that we take for granted in liberal democratic societies and which serves as such an important counterweight to state power. Upon receiving the Lessing Prize from the Free City of Hamburg in 1959, the political theorist Hannah Arendt returned to Lessing's critical role as a public intellectual in a lecture on humanity in dark times. We return to both Lessing and Arendt in this episode with a similar feeling of foreboding. How can the public realm, the world in which free and equal citizens can exercise their reason in deliberation and govern their lives in common, be salvaged from the rising tide of authoritarianism and the ascendance of technocapitalism? To understand where we are going, we must understand where we came from, and for this there is no better place to begin than Lessing.Follow Professor Fine on Twitter(X): @jonathanbfinePlease consider becoming a paying subscriber to our Patreon to get exclusive bonus episodes, early access releases, and bookish merch: https://www.patreon.com/MoralMinorityFollow us on Twitter(X).Devin: @DevinGoureCharles: @satireredactedEmail us at: moralminoritypod@gmail.com

In this episode of OffScript Josephine Burton is joined by Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge. They delve into Hannah Arendt's belief in collective action as the essence of freedom. Lyndsey discusses Arendt's life, her impact on political philosophy, and her relevance in contemporary social movements. Exploring how her theories inspire artists and activists today, the conversation highlights Arendt's idea of politics as something we perform in public and the power of human resilience and action.Get your tickets for the live events for We Are Free To Change The World by going to the Dash Arts website : https://www.dasharts.org.uk/we-are-free Our intro music is Fakiiritanssi by Marouf MajidiPhoto of Lindsay Stonebridge by Ione Saizar.---Headlines in the episode:00:00 Introduction to OffScript00:46 Exploring Freedom with Lyndsey Stonebridge 02:56 Hannah Arendt's Life and Influence 12:51 The Relevance of Arendt's Ideas Today23:24 Art, Performance, and Political Action 28:42 Navigating Dark Times with Hope 40:22 Conclusion and Upcoming Events Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I conclude the main section of our season on simplicity. A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thewayfourth/?modal=admin_todo_tourYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd3KlRte86eG9U40ncZ4XA?view_as=subscriberInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theway4th/ Kingdom Outpost: https://kingdomoutpost.org/My Reading List Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_ElliotPurity of Heart is to Will One Thing: https://www.religion-online.org/book/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing/Arendt on Loneliness: https://web.archive.org/web/20250731200849/https://www.vox.com/vox-conversations-podcast/23048597/vox-conversations-hannah-arendt-totalitarianism-the-philosophersHeschel's Sabbath: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345500.The_Sabbath Thanks to our monthly supporters J Phillip Mast Laverne Miller Jesse Killion ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

I discuss how simplicity in relationship factors into the discovery and implementation of a purposeful existence. A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thewayfourth/?modal=admin_todo_tourYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd3KlRte86eG9U40ncZ4XA?view_as=subscriberInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theway4th/ Kingdom Outpost: https://kingdomoutpost.org/My Reading List Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_ElliotPurity of Heart is to Will One Thing: https://www.religion-online.org/book/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing/Arendt on Loneliness: https://web.archive.org/web/20250731200849/https://www.vox.com/vox-conversations-podcast/23048597/vox-conversations-hannah-arendt-totalitarianism-the-philosophersHeschel's Sabbath: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345500.The_Sabbath Thanks to our monthly supporters J Phillip Mast Laverne Miller Jesse Killion ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

I discuss simplicity in light of our purpose. What is the point of self-abnegation, and is the pursuit of simplicity just wasting this one life we're given?A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thewayfourth/?modal=admin_todo_tourYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd3KlRte86eG9U40ncZ4XA?view_as=subscriberInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theway4th/ Kingdom Outpost: https://kingdomoutpost.org/My Reading List Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_ElliotPurity of Heart is to Will One Thing: https://www.religion-online.org/book/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing/Arendt on Loneliness: https://web.archive.org/web/20250731200849/https://www.vox.com/vox-conversations-podcast/23048597/vox-conversations-hannah-arendt-totalitarianism-the-philosophersHeschel's Sabbath: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345500.The_Sabbath Thanks to our monthly supporters J Phillip Mast Laverne Miller Jesse Killion ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hannah Arendt foi uma das vozes mais lúcidas do século XX. Uma pensadora que não apenas sobreviveu aos horrores do totalitarismo, mas também ousou analisá-los com uma clareza que poucos suportariam. Em Origens do Totalitarismo, Arendt descreve o que acontece quando a política — entendida como espaço da liberdade, do diálogo e do juízo — é substituída por ideologias que exigem obediência cega. Para ela, o totalitarismo não é apenas um regime autoritário. É algo mais profundo e mais devastador: é a morte da pluralidade, a destruição das condições da vida em comum, a eliminação do diálogo. Onde há totalitarismo, não há debate, não há responsabilidade, não há deliberação — há apenas a engrenagem funcionando, e o indivíduo dissolvido na máquina do sistema.

I share a personal anecdote which highlights the value of a simple, faithful life. A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thewayfourth/?modal=admin_todo_tourYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd3KlRte86eG9U40ncZ4XA?view_as=subscriberInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theway4th/ Kingdom Outpost: https://kingdomoutpost.org/My Reading List Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21940220.J_G_ElliotPurity of Heart is to Will One Thing: https://www.religion-online.org/book/purity-of-heart-is-to-will-one-thing/Arendt on Loneliness: https://web.archive.org/web/20250731200849/https://www.vox.com/vox-conversations-podcast/23048597/vox-conversations-hannah-arendt-totalitarianism-the-philosophersHeschel's Sabbath: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/345500.The_Sabbath Thanks to our monthly supporters J Phillip Mast Laverne Miller Jesse Killion ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

durée : 00:38:49 - L'Invité(e) des Matins - par : Guillaume Erner, Yoann Duval - Il y a 50 ans mourait Hannah Arendt, philosophe juive allemande dont la pensée continue de susciter débats et controverses. Son analyse de la Révolution française, sa critique de l'universalisme républicain, son concept de "banalité du mal" : autant de réflexions qui interrogent encore aujourd'hui. - réalisation : Félicie Faugère - invités : Barbara Cassin Philosophe, philologue, académicienne et directrice de recherche au CNRS; Stéphanie Roza Chargée de recherches au CNRS, spécialiste des Lumières et de la Révolution française.

durée : 02:30:22 - Les Matins - par : Guillaume Erner, Yoann Duval - - réalisation : Félicie Faugère

durée : 00:30:46 - Entendez-vous l'éco ? - par : Aliette Hovine - A l'heure de la modernité, où le travail est devenu omniprésent, Hannah Arendt pointe son oubli théorique de la part des économistes. Une invisibilisation que dénoncent aussi les féministes, auxquelles Arendt ne s'est pourtant jamais associée. - réalisation : Louise André - invités : Katia Genel Professeur de philosophie à l'Université Paris-Nanterre

durée : 00:59:31 - Entendez-vous l'éco ? - par : Aliette Hovine - Onze mois après sa réélection, Donald Trump est confronté à la persistance de la vie chère aux Etats-Unis. Une question d'actualité qui sera suivie du deuxième épisode des "Pensées féministes du travail", dédié au labeur chez Hannah Arendt, en compagnie de la philosophe Katia Genel. - réalisation : Louise André - invités : Isabelle Lebon Professeure d'économie à l'Université de Caen ; Anton Brender Professeur associé honoraire à l'Université Paris-Dauphine; Katia Genel Professeur de philosophie à l'Université Paris-Nanterre

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/dQFvWsh5XCU¿Merecen los cubanos el régimen que los oprime? Esta pregunta, tan repetida como polémica, merece ser analizada desde todos los ángulos. En este video exploramos una de las frases más frecuentes y filosas que circulan sobre Cuba: “los cubanos tienen lo que se merecen”. Una sentencia que parece cerrar cualquier debate, pero que, al mirarla de cerca, revela una trama mucho más compleja. Por un lado, revisamos las ideas de pensadores como Tocqueville, Popper y Montaner, quienes señalan que las sociedades terminan tolerando —y, en cierto modo, aceptando— los gobiernos que no combaten. Recordamos que en 1959 hubo un respaldo masivo a la entrada de Fidel Castro, impulsado por el hartazgo hacia Batista y la esperanza de una democracia renovada. La pasividad, el silencio y la adaptación, incluso por miedo, han sido combustible para la permanencia del régimen. Por el otro, analizamos la perspectiva que cuestiona esta afirmación. Inspirándonos en Arendt, Jaspers y Primo Levi, hablamos de cómo el totalitarismo destruye la capacidad de actuar políticamente, monopoliza la verdad y convierte el miedo en un modo de vida. En este marco, culpar al pueblo entero equivale a invisibilizar la diferencia entre verdugos, cómplices y víctimas. Más que dar una respuesta definitiva, este video es una invitación a reflexionar sobre las condiciones históricas, culturales y políticas que llevan a una nación a caer —y permanecer— bajo el totalitarismo, y sobre el papel que cada uno puede desempeñar para romper ese ciclo.

durée : 00:51:39 - Répliques - par : Alain Finkielkraut - Hannah Arendt arrive à Paris en 1933. Exil, amitiés, apatridie, camps : les années françaises forgent sa pensée politique et sa réflexion sur la condition des réfugiés. - réalisation : François Caunac - invités : Marina Touilliez Journaliste, conférencière sur les années 1930 et 1940 ainsi que sur l'histoire du racisme et de l'antisémitisme en France et en Allemagne ; Martine Leibovici Philosophe, maître de conférences émérite en philosophie politique

Today's episode is about a momentous trial and the incendiary book that followed: the trial was of Adolf Eichmann, convicted by an Israeli court in 1961 of orchestrating the Holocaust, and the book was Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), which questioned the grounds on which he was prosecuted. What did Arendt mean by ‘the banality of evil'? Why was she convinced that the case against Eichmann was badly misjudged? Was the trial really intended to serve as a history lesson? And if it was, what was it designed to teach? Next time in Politics on Trial: Nelson Mandela vs Apartheid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

durée : 01:23:42 - Toute une vie - par : Pascale Werner - Connue pour ses travaux sur le totalitarisme, notamment le concept de banalité du mal, la vie de la philosophe américaine d'origine allemande Hannah Arendt, marquée par le nazisme, représente une sorte de parabole de la tragédie moderne et son œuvre la poursuite de l'esprit de liberté. - réalisation : Jean-Claude Loiseau - invités : Blandine Kriegel Philosophe, professeure des Universités; Jacques Donzelot Maître de conférences en sociologie politique à l'Université de Paris X Nanterre.; Roger Errera Conseiller d'Etat honoraire et ancien membre du Conseil supérieur de la magistrature.; Luc Ferry Philosophe; Hannah Arendt Philosophe allemande

Listen to the rest of this premium episode by subscribing at patreon.com/knowyourenemy.Before embarking on a spirited bout of rank punditry, we take a step back and talk about the Staple Singers, Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, Tocqueville's Democracy in America, Zohran, and giving a damn about both your "fellow man" and democracy. Then, we walk you through the latest catalogue of horrors: Hegseth's lame TED talk in front of the generals, the menacing yet comically inept dimestore Gestapo that is ICE, the shutdown, and more!Sources:Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835, 1840)Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951)Jasper Craven, "Battle of the Sexes," The Baffler, Sept 2025"Deafies for Zohran" (YouTube)"Things Can Change" (X)