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Reading Hannah Arendt with Roger Berkowitz

Seyla Benhabib on new new book, Exile, Statelessness, and Migration

Mar 1, 2019
Seyla Benhabib, Eugene Meyer Professor at Yale, discusses her new book on Jewish intellectuals. Topics include global migration crisis, US as non-nation state, judgment in politics, federalism as a solution, and chess as metaphor for exile.
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  • Exile, statelessness, and migration are increasingly prevalent universal human experiences, posing challenges to traditional territorial state systems and giving rise to exclusionary practices in liberal democracies.
  • The concept of liquid modernity erodes fixed boundaries and stability, raising questions about finding stability in a rapidly changing world and emphasizing the importance of creating a democratic public sphere that provides voice and sanctuary to marginalized individuals through judgment and federalism.

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The Personal Experience of Exile, Statelessness, and Migration

Shayla Benavib, the author of the book being discussed, shares her own personal connection to the themes of exile, statelessness, and migration. She comes from a Sephardic Jewish family that was expelled from Spain during the Inquisition. Her family history of displacement and the concept of Galut resonate with her in a deep and personal way.

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