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Discover the intricacies of modern society in a series of interactive online classes, exploring topics such as sociology, anthropology, and political science to gain a deeper understanding of the world we live in.

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What is a Social Movement?

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Explore the intricate relationship between class, community, and politics in social movements. Uncover the complexities of modern capitalism and the impact of cultural realms on political life. Join us in an in-depth analysis of historical case studies to understand the strategic vacuum between economic and cultural accounts.

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Theorizing Repression: From Psychoanalysis to Counterinsurgency Theory

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Uncover the entwined history of psychoanalysis and state power in a captivating exploration of repression tactics. Join us at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research as we delve into the intersections of Freudian theory with military strategy, urban policing, and guerrilla warfare. Through an array of diverse readings, we'll analyze how psychoanalytic concepts have been utilized to pathologize dissent and justify both state and revolutionary violence, raising critical questions about power, resistance, and the psyche.

(29) All levels 21 and older
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The Incredible Women of the Bible

92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom

Rabbi Samantha Frank’s The Incredible Women of the Bible The women of the Bible are complex, crafty, and sometimes mysterious. Together, we’ll explore a few of their stories and consider what lessons we can learn for our lives today. Come with a sense of open inquiry! No prior Jewish study required — all genders welcome.

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Being Asian and Jewish in America: Embracing Liminality

92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom

In this two-part talk, Jared Chiang-Zeizel will explore the transitional space Asian American Jews often find themselves while growing up in America. Patrons will gain a deeper understanding of the mixed experience in America, a broadening view of Asian and Jewish communities in the American diaspora, and how one can embrace the liminal experience they find themselves in.

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Mining: Industry, Ecology, and Capitalism

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Delve into the explosive history of mining, from labor conflicts to environmental devastation, in this interdisciplinary course that examines mining's cultural status and political uses. Explore its ties to capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism, and uncover its role in shaping modern urban life.

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$335

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What is Nationalism?

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Long regarded as the stuff of 19th century romanticism and 20th century warfare, nationalism is resurgent on the global stage. Despite—or, perhaps, because of—globalization, instant communication, and the seeming erosion of state supremacy, ideas about national sovereignty, national economies, and the preservation of national character have gained greater purchase at the ballot box.  Moreover, though historians widely agree that...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Psychoanalysis, Gender, and Literature

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Psychoanalysis, Gender, and Literature: an Introduction to Hélène Cixous How can psychoanalysis be used to understand literature—not as an object of study, but as a mode of experiencing life through reading and writing? For Hélène Cixous, the “French Feminist” perhaps best known for the controversial practice of “feminine writing” (écriture feminine), literature offers a means of engaging and subverting systems of sexual hierarchy...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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What is Participatory Democracy?

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

What is Participatory Democracy? Theory, Activism, and Power Since its first formulation in the early 1960s, the concept of “participatory democracy” has come to take on multiple meanings—some of them complementary, others conflicting. Promoted by a wide variety of theorists, activists, social movements, and political parties, conceptions of participatory democracy range from deepened civic engagement to procedural reform to the wholesale...

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Happiness and Capitalism: Work, Wealth, and Misery(n)

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Happiness and Capitalism: Work, Wealth, and Misery “No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.” So observed the “father” of political economy, Adam Smith, in his classic The Wealth of Nations. Nearly 250 years later, Smith’s self-appointed children, secure in economics departments, central banks, and government agencies, are quick to insist that, in absolute terms,...

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Society and the Spirit of Capitalism: an Introduction

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Society and the Spirit of Capitalism: an Introduction to Max Weber Max Weber sought to explain nothing less than the emergence of the modern world and the direction in which it was headed. A trailblazer (along with Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim) of the modern discipline of sociology, Weber brought to bear empirically driven methods of comparative analysis to identify and analyze the individual attitudes and social structures that shape and determine...

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Pornography: Aesthetics, Politics, and Pleasure

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Pornography is one of humanity’s oldest, and most enduring artifacts. Variously celebrated and demonized, it has decorated sumptuous palaces and been furtively sold under pain of arrest. In the modern United States, it is kept studiously out of sight, and yet is simultaneously omnipresent and accessible in its most explicit forms with a simple click of the mouse. What is pornography? What does it do? Why do we treat it so inconsistently? Why is...

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Jorge Luis Borges: Mysticism, Fiction, and Politics

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Jorge Luis Borges’ fiction is uniquely powerful for its captivating amalgam of political, mystical, and metaphysical themes. In this course, an introduction to Borges’ most canonical works, we’ll read his great short story collections Ficciones and The Aleph, as well as the essay collection Other Inquisitions—bearing in mind, as we proceed, the literary themes and social concerns that pervade the most formative decade...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Transgender Marxism: an Introduction

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

In recent years, there has been unprecedented growth in the visibility and sheer number of people who identify with a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth. Trans life and, with it, a whole world of trans culture—aesthetics, style, taste—has broken from the margins into the mainstream. This new generation of “gender subversives” is, at the same time, inordinately active in left-wing politics and radical movements, vigorously...

(29) Beginner 21 and older
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What is Conservatism?

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

While contemporary political discourse is often characterized by heated discussions of liberalism or fascism, socialism or “populism”, the broad category of “conservative” thought seems to take a back seat. This despite its enduring relevance not only for understanding political history and the history of political thought, but also as an analytical tool today. What exactly is conservatism? How can we understand a category so capacious as...

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Convalescence: Sickness, Society, and Resignation

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

In a world that is itself sick—with the irascible demands of production that continuously propagate new forms of exploitation—and that in turn sickens its inhabitants, what kind of response is retreat? In Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, a young scion of the bourgeoisie undergoes an unexpectedly protracted rest cure in a cloistered Swiss sanitorium, while the outside world is igniting for war. In Deborah Levy’s Hot Milk, nearly a century later,...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Radical Theology: an Introduction to Karl Barth

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Karl Barth is the most influential, and perhaps most polemical, Protestant theologian of the twentieth century. Drawing deeply on Søren Kierkegaard’s fervent view of Christianity, Barth starkly criticizes theologians in the tradition of liberal Protestantism. At the same time, he is known as the “Red Pastor” who cares for the interests of his rural, blue-collar parishioners and rejects the collusion of the Christian faith with bourgeois life....

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Social Movements: Class, Community, and Politics

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Explore the intricate relationship between class, community, and politics in social movements. Uncover the complexities of modern capitalism and the impact of cultural realms on political life. Join us in an in-depth analysis of historical case studies to understand the strategic vacuum between economic and cultural accounts.

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Ethics by Design Series: Overview & Human Rights

General Assembly

When you design or engineer a product, you believe that it will have a positive impact on your target market. But do you have the resources to think about how your technologies might affect society as a whole? This evening workshop will introduce you to the basics of ethical thinking and will help you implement ethics in your working day. ***This is a standalone module in the Ethics by Design Series, which encourages you to think more deeply...

(2637) Beginner 18 and older

How to Advocate for Transformative & Intersectional

Be Social Change

Full Course Title: How to Advocate for Transformative & Intersectional Policy Solutions to Prevent Hate Crimes In this workshop, participants will learn about transformative and intersectional policy solutions to prevent hate crimes. Within this workshop, we will discuss cross-sector policy solutions that can work to prevent violence and create culture change for a long-term prevention framework. We know that transformative solutions will...

(245) All levels 18 and older
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Exploring the Impact of Environment on identity

Premise Institute

Full Course: How does place shape us? Exploring the impact of environment on identity. Our relationship with our surroundings is a fundamental aspect of human experience. From the natural world to the built environment, the places we inhabit shape our perceptions, behavior, and sense of self. This course will delve into the philosophical questions surrounding the impact of place on personal identity, exploring how our relationship with the environment...

All levels 18 and older
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$125

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