Hannah Arendt’s Theory of Totalitarianism – Part One
Hannah Arendt wrote The Origins of Totalitarianism in 1949, by which time the world had been confronted with evidence of the Nazi apparatus of terror and destruction. The revelations of the atrocities were met with a high degree of incredulous probing despite a considerable body of evidence and a vast caché of recorded images. The [...]
Hannah Arendt’s Theory of Totalitarianism – Part Two
Ideology and terror: The experiment in total domination In chapter two of Hannah Arendt’s Response to the Crisis of her Time it was argued that Arendt’s typology of government rests on the twin criteria of organisational form and a corresponding ‘principle of action’. In the post-Origins essay On the Nature of Totalitarianism, Arendt argues that [...]
Hannah Arendt – Zur Person – Full Interview (with English subtitles)
Indigenous Oral Traditions from the Huasteca, Mexico
This paper deals with indigenous oral traditions in Mexico. It addresses issues of indigenous languages and how they can be documented, preserved and revitalized through projects about oral traditions in a national context in which there is a renewed discussion on multiculturalism and cross-cultural understanding. In Mexico, the discussion of multiculturalism centers on ‘indigenous issues’, [...]
The Igbo Concept of Mother Musicianship
Music is a ‘woman’, and intuitive creative management of life is more of a feminine attribute. Music is a communion, a social communion that nourishes spirituality, and manages socialisation during public events. These are some of the philosophical and concrete rationalizations that guided the indigenous categorization of an extraordinary performance-composer irrespective of gender or age [...]
Generatiewandelingen in Doorn en andere onderwijs- en beleidsprojecten
Levensgeschiedenissen Toelichting Heel wat leerlingen in het VWO en studenten in het HBO houden zich in hun onderwijs met generaties bezig. Zij schrijven er werkstukken over en komen steeds vaker in aanvulling hierop ook met videoreportages. Vooral vakken zoals maatschappijleer, geschiedenis, economie en management lenen zich goed voor scripties en afstudeerwerkstukken over generaties. Hierbij [...]
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