Hannah Spector

Today, I embark on a journey as a Visiting Scholar at the Centro Studi Politici "Hannah Arendt" -- University of Verona, Italy. I will spend the month of October completing the co-edited "Elgar Companion to Hannah Arendt," a 25-chapter anthology.

Dare I say that Arendt is more relevant than ever.

Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare (Gift Article) It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.

“So this is my radical proposal for universities: Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach not by buying real estate but by bringing education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement.”

Thank you Susan!

Nothing to see here, folks.
Just six unidentified men (no uniforms, faces covered by masks) forcibly taking a woman off a public street, apparently against her will.

She is #RumeysaOzturk, a student at #Tufts.
The men are apparently Federal agents.
And this is the nation in which we now live.

7th and 8th grade students showing critical thinking skills absent in much of the electorate

I’m so happy to be following you, Mia. Your posts are important and get to the point in an easy to read manner. Thank you!

Thank you, Toni. Expect a 2026 publication date! (Maybe late 2025).

Co-editing the Elgar Companion to Hannah Arendt. 25+ years of love for Arendt.

BPSI RESOURCES: Climate Change & Climate Anxiety Please see below for resources and on climate change & climate anxiety. To request any of the books or articles listed, email librarian Veronica Davis. We’d like to thank Delia Kostner, PhD, Rita Teus...

In leaving academia (but not scholarly life), I am working with psychoanalysts on the human-driven ecological crisis. Some of the fruits of our labor: A “Climate Change & Climate Anxiety” resource page at Boston Psychoanalytic.
bpsi.org/library/reso...

Hannah Arendt said something similar in her essay "Truth and Politics." from 1967

Hannah Arendt on stupidity and "intelligent" people, 1954.

YouTube video by YorkUEducation Psychosocial Transformations - Session 2 - 2024 12 05

My recent 5-minute presentation on "Remembering and 'Working Through' Monsters" at York University. Toronto, ON. starts at 49:20 min.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi5u...

Check out my colleague Vittorio's podcast interview: The rise of the far-right

The Fragile Future of Democracy 15 Minute Coffee · Episode

Part 2 of my podcast.

open.spotify.com/episode/7inQ...

💙 you are my favorite person I follow on Bluesky.

A free share link to my most recent pub: "COMMON SENSE MATTERS." Addresses climate change denial, the "Big Lie," and coercions of logic: rdcu.be/dTmU7

Thanks, Lindsay. Difficult indeed. Just got back from Toronto the other day. Thoughts of staying (in Canada).

HANNAH ARENDT, from "The Seeds of a Fascist International"

Hannah Arendt - from "The Seeds of a Fascist International" 1945