It is better to live as if oneβs life were a story, yet many people cannot live that way:
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(with references to Kant, Arendt, Habermas, and Jonathan Lear)
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Tufts professor of Political Science and Philosophy & Tisch College Associate Dean. Blogging since 2003 at peterlevine.ws
It is better to live as if oneβs life were a story, yet many people cannot live that way:
peterlevine.ws?p=35270
(with references to Kant, Arendt, Habermas, and Jonathan Lear)
webinar: What Counts as Success? Assessing the Impact of Civics in Higher Ed peterlevine.ws?p=35266
13.02.2026 15:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0can AI solve "wicked problems"?
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Karl Jaspers on collective responsibility and polarization: peterlevine.ws?p=35215
11.02.2026 14:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0some upcoming talks on democracy and civic education:
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How Walter Benjamin, the Hebrew prophets, and Marx think about the future. (And the value of having a vivid vision of what will come): peterlevine.ws?p=35195
06.02.2026 16:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0postmaterialism measures for liberals and conservatives in 1994, 2010, 2021: peterlevine.ws?p=35187
04.02.2026 16:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Summit on Civics in Higher Education, April 10 at Tufts: peterlevine.ws?p=35184
30.01.2026 16:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0the case for viewpoint diversity: peterlevine.ws?p=35172
28.01.2026 17:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The 2026 APSA Institute for Civically Engaged Research, Los Angeles, CA, July 13-16. Information on how to apply--by April 15, 2026--is here: peterlevine.ws?p=35168
27.01.2026 15:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Sadness is a Light Kindled in the Heart" by Hannah Arendt (1943) peterlevine.ws?p=35155
26.01.2026 15:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thoughts on Yuval Levin's argument that Trump's policy strategy is ineffective (and what that argument implies for opposition strategy): peterlevine.ws?p=35149
23.01.2026 18:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0how Hannah Arendt moved away from pure thinking: peterlevine.ws?p=35129
20.01.2026 19:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Syllabus of a Hannah Arendt seminar: peterlevine.ws?p=35123
14.01.2026 17:45 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βIs the problem that two sides are too far apart,β he asked, βor that one side is organised around hate and the other around love and dignity?β peterlevine.ws?p=35120
13.01.2026 18:19 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0"Caedmon's Hymn" (the earliest English poem) and modern responses:
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propose a Civic Studies panel for the American Political Science Association meeting: peterlevine.ws?p=35077
09.01.2026 15:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0a resource for students on social movements and activism:
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a conversation about civics in Chinese traditions: peterlevine.ws?p=35058:
07.01.2026 14:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Outline of a new book manuscript, The Way of Skepticism:
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on strategies for boycotts:
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in praise of John Florio's 1603 trans. of Montaigne: peterlevine.ws?p=35021
17.12.2025 20:02 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A paper entitled "Policy Models as Networks of Beliefs":
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The 2020 ANES asked, βDo you trust ordinary people or experts for public policy?" Overall, 42% chose both experts and ordinary people, 40% said experts, and 17% said ordinary people. A narrow majority (51%) of Democrats chose experts vs. only 25% of Republicans. More: peterlevine.ws?p=35001
11.12.2025 14:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0when every step is a competition: peterlevine.ws?p=34991
09.12.2025 18:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In @propublica.org, I comment on Sean Duffy's flip-flop and the essence of constitutional government:
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Some advice that I shared in the West Bank last Sunday with Palestinian undergrads who are interested in graduate education overseas:
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I am heading back from a visit to Palestinian universities in Bethlehem and Nablus, and here are my first notes from the West Bank:
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Americans\' pride in democracy, by generation peterlevine.ws?p=34950
20.11.2025 18:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My translation of "The City" by Constantine Cavafy:
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