Hannah Arendt Center Presents

On Hannah Arendt Virtual Reading Group: 'Tradition and the Modern Age' with Seyla Benhabib

A virtual reading group in collaboration between the Richard Saltoun Gallery and the Hannah Arendt Center to accompany the gallery's 12-month exhibition programme 'On Hannah Arendt'.

Led by Roger Berkowitz, Founder and Director of the Hannah Arendt Center, the second session will discuss the chapter 'Tradition and the Modern Age' from Arendt's 1968 publication 'Between Past and Future', around which the gallery's current exhibition 'The Modern Age' is based.

The event will feature an introduction by Seyla Benhabib, Eugene Meyer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University

 

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This event is free and open to the public.

"[They] had taken the initiative upon themselves and therefore, without knowing or even noticing it, had begun to create that public space between themselves where freedom could appear." – Hannah Arendt
On Hannah Arendt: Eight Proposals for Exhibition looks to one of the most important thinkers of the post-war generation to confront some of the most pressing socio-political issues of our time. 

Launching in January 2021, On Hannah Arendt will be organised around eight exhibitions that seek to explore the questions put forth in the eight chapters of Arendt’s 1968 publication Between Past and Future: Eight Exercises in Political Thought.
 
The entire programme will feature over 20 international artists, including Siah ARMAJANI, Bracha L. ETTINGER, Lili DUJOURIE, Peter KENNARD, Vivienne KOORLAND, Everlyn NICODEMUS, Marinella SENATORE, Lerato SHADI and more.

Learn more about "On Hannah Arendt."
 

For more information, call 845-758-6822.

Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST/GMT-5

Location: Online Event

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