A mini-memoir on the relationship between politics and self-awareness
On the Perils of Self-Awareness
Tag: Arendt
Arendt on thinking and the coronavirus pandemic
At a time when thought is more difficult than ever, the Coronavirus pandemic forces us to stop and do just that: think.
From Hypocrisy to Fascism
The futility of pointing out the blatant hypocrisy from the Trump GOP is evidence of a creeping fascism.
Do We Want Our Predictions to Fail?
A version of this article first appeared on Quartz. In her 1951 book The Origins of Totalitarianism, in the section on propaganda, Hannah Arendt discusses a concept she calls “infallible prediction”: The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. The assumption of infallibility, moreover, is based… Continue reading Do We Want Our Predictions to Fail?
A New Report on the Banality of Evil
A version of this article first appeared on Quartz The people Donald Trump has in mind as ‘true Americans’ are suffering from a collective normalcy bias. We are constantly told to keep faith in the decency of the American people (at least a sufficiently large number of them) while simultaneously we ponder how we,… Continue reading A New Report on the Banality of Evil
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