Tag Archives: Hannah Arendt

The Dangers of Emotional Identification

By Robin Bates | Published: February 4, 2020

In which I push back against an article warning about emotional identification with literary characters.

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Lit, an Antidote to Dehumanizing Media

By Robin Bates | Published: November 19, 2015

The mass media, Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard complains, creates a remoteness from reality. Literature overcomes this remoteness by dissolving the distance between author and reader.

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Could Beowulf Have Saved Jews?

By Robin Bates | Published: April 3, 2012

In her book about Eichmann, Hannah Arendt praises the Danes for how they stood up to the Nazis. One can draw a parallel with how Beowulf stands up to Grendel and also apply the lesson to the Trayvon Martin case.

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