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On Eager Tenterhooks, A. Rose Levi
On Eager Tenterhooks, A. Rose Levi
Senior Projects Spring 2021
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
When The Canon Backfires: Deconstructing The Centrality Of Hannah Arendt To Human Rights Critical Theory, Nicholas Alexander Lynch
When The Canon Backfires: Deconstructing The Centrality Of Hannah Arendt To Human Rights Critical Theory, Nicholas Alexander Lynch
Senior Projects Spring 2017
Hannah Arendt's name and ideas are pervasive in Human Rights critical theory. In fact, Arendt is one of the few scholars we can confidently situate within the Human Rights canon in 2017. Contemporary "re-readings" of The Human Condition and The Origins of Totalitarianism tend to appropriate Arendtian ideas in the attempt to create a theoretical basis for universal rights. Nevertheless, Arendt wrote a defense of racial segregation in the American South, and held personal views that contradict most contemporary notions of social justice. In this paper, I take a deconstructive approach to the reactionary assumptions about humanity and justice that …
Here, Thinking, Nicolas Ocean Shannon
Here, Thinking, Nicolas Ocean Shannon
Senior Projects Spring 2017
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
Seeking Vita Contemplativa: A Search For Contemplation In A Secular World, Rosette Marie Cirillo
Seeking Vita Contemplativa: A Search For Contemplation In A Secular World, Rosette Marie Cirillo
Senior Projects Spring 2014
Senior Project submitted to The Divisions of Languages and Literature and Social Studies of Bard College