We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | 
Outrage is definitely a cheap source of political power, until people become numb & apathetic from exhaustion. 😑 My cynical twin says Americans don‘t want my love, just money.
This passage is in reference to Kafka‘s The Castle, which I definitely want to read. It‘s been on my shelves for years.
Denying human dignity makes scapegoating not just possible, but permissible and even promoted.
There is quote worthy material on nearly every page. #resistance
Terrific introductory chapter to this highly relevant guide to Arendt‘s thinking/political philosophy. I appreciate the fact Stonebridge recognizes Arendt wasn‘t perfect and we are a work in progress with effort.
The end of the first chapter left me thinking about the new admin “eyeing new immigrant detention centers outside major US cities.” Same scapegoating, different target. #resistance @kspenmoll
This book has become very… necessary… in recent weeks. There has been a lot of talk about us reading this. We talked about ending our year with Free Will. It may be a good plan to start our year with this. We could start the first weekend of January (1/5/25). That would give everyone time to get their hands on a copy, as some of us are having a moment trying to get our hands on one. Thoughts? Prayers? Anyone you‘d like to smack upside the head?
My library was smart enough to purchase this book. Thanks to @kspenmoll for suggesting we read it.
#resistance
Spent the day hopping around to bookstores with hubby. For the first time in maybe ever he got a pile and I am coming home with these two! 😲
Tagged is for #resistance buddy read. 👊🏽 Thumbing through I‘m seeing great nuggets of wisdom.
Here are the chapters in the tagged book. Maybe start one chapter per week? Let me know your thoughts. I am open to anything. If library holds are in, we can start as soon as everyone has the book, or any time later. For discussion post our thoughts/questions after each chapter or just as they occur to any of us? Arendt‘s book The Origins of Totalitarianism might be a good follow up. All are welcome to join in. #adventuresinphilosophy #resistence
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