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Christian Sheppard

Christian Sheppard
Christian Sheppard teaches liberal arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Take Me Out with the Crowd

On loneliness and Hannah Arendt

February 16, 2022 • by Christian Sheppard
Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism tells the true crime story of the twentieth century. Contrary to the basic requirements of human condition, Loneliness is one of the fundamental experiences of human life. ...

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