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Explore the depths of existentialism, ethics, and metaphysics through engaging discussions and debates in philosophy classes in NYC, where participants can gain a deeper understanding of the human condition and the nature of reality.

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Strangers to Ourselves: an Introduction to Freud

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY

In the process of investigating and treating the enigmatic disorder known as “hysteria,” Sigmund Freud established the discipline of psychoanalysis—and by so doing, profoundly altered Western subjectivity. By insisting that the bodily symptoms of hysterics represented unconscious conflict, Freud established a new way of thinking about human experience, motivations, desire, and suffering. The Freudian revolution destabilized long standing social...

(29) Beginner 21 and older
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Intro to Kierkegaard: Existentialism, Faith & Death

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY

Full Course Name: Introduction to Kierkegaard: Existentialism, Faith, and Death Søren Kierkegaard—Hamlet’s equally melancholic Danish counterpart—is frequently regarded as the father of existentialism for his exploration of concepts such as subjectivity, anxiety, and absurdity. This course will be an introduction to the main ideas of the nineteenth-century philosopher and theologian. How did Kierkegaard—through puzzles, pseudonyms, and...

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The Task of the Critic: an Introduction to Rosalind Krauss

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY

Uncover the transformative power of poststructuralist, feminist, and psychoanalytic methods in art criticism through an exploration of the writings and ideas of Rosalind Krauss, the influential founder of October journal. Analyze representative artworks alongside her essays, as you delve into the ways in which art objects and movements challenge categorization and reshape aesthetic experience. Discover how Krauss's unique theoretical vocabulary redefines the role of the critic in art historical narratives.

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Ancient Chinese Philosophy for a Better Life

92nd Street Y

What can we do to live in a fuller and more inspiring way? Ancient Chinese Philosophy provides some inspiring answers. This one-of-a-kind course introduces important Chinese thinkers and explores what we can use from Ancient Chinese Philosophy in our everyday lives to achieve greater awareness, flourishing, and connection to ourselves and others. Together in class we will meditate and do a close reading of Classical Chinese thinkers in translation,...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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On Religious Violence

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

This course will offer students a framework for confronting such questions. We will begin by examining the construction of “religious violence” as a unique concept against the background of classic liberal political thought. Featuring readings from prominent theorists like John Locke and John Stuart Mill alongside contemporary reflections by thinkers such as Talal Asad, Charles Taylor, Jürgen Habarmas, and William Cavanaugh, we will ask questions...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Kant’s Critical Philosophy

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Kant’s “Critical philosophy,” which begins with the appearance of the Critique of Pure Reason in 1781, is an attempt to understand no less than the scope and limits of human reason, science, and morality.  He wrote that the purpose of philosophy is to answer the following fundamental questions: “What can we know? What should we do? What can we hope for?”  In other words: can we really know what reality is like, independent...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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What is Analytic Philosophy?

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 247 West 37th St, New York, NY

In the early 20th century, a new generation of thinkers came to believe that European philosophy had reached a dead end. Reacting to what they held was the obfuscatory language and non-sensical direction of post-Kantian philosophy, Cambridge philosophers Bertrand Russell and G.E. Moore set out to revolutionize philosophy through a fundamental rethinking of its methods and purposes.  Their work, and its outgrowths in the philosophies of mathematics,...

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Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Uncover the transformative power of language and explore the metaphilosophical implications of Ludwig Wittgenstein's groundbreaking work in this thought-provoking course. Discover a new perspective on the nature of language and the mind, and embark on a journey to unravel the mysteries of philosophy.

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Origins of the Greek Gods

Q.E.D.

Origins of the Greek Gods traces the Olympians back to their beginnings in the Ukraine, the Caucasus, Asia Minor and the Middle East. this class summarizes the comparative mythology literature, drawing on evidence ranging from Hittite Cuneiform and Linear B tablets to Lithuanian songs and Circassian folk tales, to trace these great mythological figures are far back as we can.  We're all familiar with ancient Greek deities such as Zeus, Poseidon,...

(252) All levels 18 and older
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Happier Hour: Philosophy To Make Your Life Suck Less

Caveat @ 21-A Clinton St, New York, NY

The Happier Hour is a monthly event series bringing philosophy out of the ivory tower of academia and into our modern day agora: the bar. It’s like the self-help section– only way funnier, smarter, and with booze. And now it’s a podcast too! 

(25) All levels 21 and older
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Jacques Lacan: The Desire of the Other

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online, New York, NY

Jacques Lacan always insisted that he was a thoroughgoing Freudian—perhaps the most orthodox Freudian of them all. A larger-than-life provocateur, Lacan’s oracular lectures and clinical innovations (including the notorious “short session”) ultimately led to his excommunication from the International Psychoanalytic Association. Yet, despite these departures from analytic orthodoxy, Lacan remained preoccupied with Freud’s writings, calling...

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