Skip to content

FINN JANNING

writer and philosopher

  • About
    • Work with me
    • En español
  • Books
  • Media
    • Videos
  • Essays, etc.
    • Fiction

Tag: Arendt

Love holds the potential for political change

“Loving people is the only thing worth living for.” – Søren Kierkegaard I believe that all kinds of discrimination, hate … More

All about love, Arendt, Bell Hooks, Kierkegaard, kritisk tænkning, love, Love as a political concept, mindfulness, Works of Love

A world of “alternative facts”?

In her essay, “Truth and Politics,” the philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote: “Freedom of opinion is a farce unless factual information … More

#MeToo, Arendt, Bernstein, Junot Diaz, Lying, post-truth, truth, Why Read Hannah Arendt Now

Løgnen er demokratiets død

Filosoffen Hannah Arendt havde et skarpt blik for forholdet mellem sandhed og løgne. Hun vidste, at det, som overbeviser masserne … More

Arendt, demokrati, identitetspolitik, løgne, sandhed

#MeToo exists in an ethical twilight zone

What do we think about when we think of the #MeToo movement? #MeToo is many things—it’s complex and conflicting; it … More

#MeToo, Arendt, Boston Review, Carmen Maria Machado, Deleuze, identitetspolitik, identity politics, Junot Diaz, Løgstrup, misogyny, MIT, post-truth, Ralph Keyes, The Post-Truth Era: Dishonesty and Deception in Contemporary Life, trust, truth

We’re All Accountable

… From my essay on sexism, morality, identity politics, and compassion: “I remember Rebecca Solnit saying something about men being … More

#MeToo, Arendt, Beauvoir, compassion, identity politics, mindfulness, misogyny, Philosophy, sexism, Solnit, Teaching mindfulness, Weinstein

Are we thinking?

I’ve been unfairly slow in writing my review of Elizabeth Minnich’s book, The Evil of Banality: On the Life and … More

#MeToo, Arendt, Camus, Catalan nationalism, Catalonia, Elizabeth Minnich, indoctrination, Skye Cleary, Spain, The Evil of Banality: On the Life and Death Importance of Thinking

Philosophy in dark times

Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “Only when it’s dark enough can you see the stars.” I like this quote; … More

Arendt, Barcelona, BarcelonaAttack, evil, love, Luther King, philosophy in dark times, racism, sexism, Spain, terror, white supremacy

Indfør et filosofikum i folkeskolen

Skoling i filosofi og kritisk tænkning bør ikke kun være universitetsstuderende forundt. Hvis vi skal sikre demokratisk engagement og væbne … More

Arendt, fake news, filosofikum, kritisk tænkning

Vold eller ikke-vold

“Thinking is an activity that must be performed over and over again in order to keep it alive.” – Richard … More

Arendt, Bernstein, magt, pragmatism, vold

Det mentale vadested

Krise. Dette ord, som både kan betyde mulighed og destruktion – hvis man har hang til japanske symboler – hænger … More

afhængighed, Arendt, burnout, cykling, doping, ledelse, Milgram, organisationspsykologi, psykologi, stress, Zimbardo

Posts navigation

Older posts

BIO

Finn Janning, PhD, is a writer and a philosopher.

His work has been featured in Epiphany, Under the Gum Tree, Philosophy Now, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, among other publications. His most recent books are Opmærksomhedens filosofi, Stakkels Jim and A Philosophy of Mindfulness.

To Love Slowly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOAbgWLV1bc&t=184s

Tags

#MeToo Arendt Attention Barcelona Beauvoir Bolaño Buddhism burnout Byung-Chul Han Camus Catalonia Catalonien Coaching compassion coronavirus Deleuze doping empati Ethics etik existentialism filosofi Finn Janning fodbold freedom frihed glæde identity politics Iris Murdoch Jeppe Hein Kierkegaard kærlighed Leth love lykke medfølelse meditation mindfulness Nietzsche opmærksomhedens filosofi Philosophy Sartre Spain Spanien Spinoza Sportens idehistorie sportsetik stress tour de france Wittgenstein

Make a donation

Make a donation

Your donation allows me to continue to provide philosophical teaching and writings.

€2.00

Follow FINN JANNING on WordPress.com
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • FINN JANNING
    • Join 119 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • FINN JANNING
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...