The inauguration of Donald Trump, the rise of a right-wing extreme movement, the proliferation of "fake news": the time is ripe for Hannah Arendt.
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Saturday, October 12, 2024
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Hannah Arendt’s Moment. An Interview with Kieran Bonner
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Where do you really come from? Racism in Berlin
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We have a different readership: Interview with Christopher Kloeble
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A film festival for audiences, not auteurs
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Seriously Funny: Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann
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To be gay in 1950s Zurich
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Low moral troughs and high moral swells
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Artist Paul Roorda and Berlin
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Labyrinth of Cliches
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Bilgin Ayata: German Colonialism is Still Taboo
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Helping former extremists reintegrate into German society
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Is Love All You Need? Stephan Lacant’s Freier Fall
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Barbara Schmenk: Teaching German to Migrant Children
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Bertram Schultze: Revitalizing Leipzig with Art
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Jutta Brendemuehl: Portraying a Germany that Deals with its Demons
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