2025 EXHIBIT
The Miracle of Beginning
An exhibit on Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt’s work is characterized by an attention to what is specifically human. Contrary to the modern tendency to conceive of human existence in the abstract, she insists that thought be a reflection on experience, and especially on the human experience of freely beginning anew.
“Beginning, before it becomes a historical event, is the supreme capacity of man; politically, it is identical with man’s freedom. Initium ut esse homo creatus est—‘that a beginning be made man was created’ said Augustine. This beginning is guaranteed by each new birth; it is indeed every man.”
— Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
EXHIBIT PRESENTATION:
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 | 10:45 PM
ALTMAN AUDITORIUM
With Carlo Lancellotti, curator
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Featured image: Photograph of Hannah Arendt in 1933, Photographer unknown, PD-US
