The result is that the inability to distinguish between values and to make judgments accordingly becomes obsolete, and in her view eventually disappears entirely. Citing The Origins of Totalitarianism Greenberg asked: “What is real? What is not real? To Arendt, the danger comes when it no longer matters to the populace whether something is true or not, only whether it is useful. Greenberg, recently focused on Hannah Arendt’s writings. Among the wise ones, American historian Karen J. The year has provided a stunning moment for bona fide historians and a bonanza for the media and commentators-especially in the States-from the very wise to the outrageously facile and destructive. These votes have tested the foundations of liberal democratic societies including the discipline of history, predicated on facts, memories, meanings and the search for truth about the past. In Greece last June we received the stunning news of Brexit, in November the Trump and Republican Party victories, in March the elections in the Netherlands, in April the Turkish referendum giving Erdogan, much of which his authoritarian temper demands, followed by the French victory for the Centrist, pro-European Macron and most recently the British election and French parliamentary elections.
“I think it fair to say that we have been on a roller coaster of uncertainties and emotions in the past year between our last annual conference in Athens and our meeting today in Berlin. Goldstein is our Founder and Executive Director. Goldstein delivered this talk at the 2017 Humanity in Action International Conference in Berlin, Germany on June 22, 2017.
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