Roger Berkowitz Spoke with Moxie by Proxy about Hannah Arendt, Surprise in Writing, and Original Thought
“If there was anything Hannah Arendt was allergic to, it was clichéd thinking,” says Roger Berkowitz, academic director of the Hannah Arendt Center and professor of political studies and human rights. Speaking with the podcast Moxie by Proxy, Berkowitz offered an overview of the work of Hannah Arendt, as well as the lessons we can take from her in our present moment in history. “What I love about Hannah Arendt,” he says, “is that she always looked at every question, every event, every encounter that she wrote about and thought about, and said, how can I think about this?” Her work was always original and “surprising,” something Berkowitz encourages in his students’ writing: “What I tell my students, and I even tell some of my colleagues, is that, when I read you, I want to be surprised.”
Post Date: 06-21-2022
Post Date: 06-21-2022