Hannah Arendt: thinking versus evil

Very nicely put

Very fascinating and intriguing arguments.

Thank you for this article which opens the possibility for the University to be a polis and every student a citizen participating in the continuing formation of that polis. I love this vision! Unfortunately, this was not my experience of university life when I went there. I think it would be very worthwhile to explore what it would take for a university, or a department to build the structures that would ensure the development of individual thinking as well as the university and department. When I went to school, it wasn't just that departments didn't talk to each other. In addition, there was no sense that the students could have any impact on the development of the organization through their work or their conversation. This made the university experience a quintessential academic exercise rather than a lived experience. What structures would need to change in order for the university to become a more "organic", living organism where dialogue had the power to make a real difference?

Thank you for the reminder of how it can be, and has been at times. Beautiful and inspiring.