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The Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, established in 2011, offers liberal arts education and research opportunities to local communities while supporting young scholars. With a mission to engage various intellectual traditions, the institute aims to provide accessible education and foster active, engaged citizens.
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Ruins: Beauty, Feeling, and Catastrophe
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Uncover the allure and complex emotions evoked by ancient ruins in this thought-provoking course. Delve into the aesthetic, philosophical, and political significance of these ruins in modernity, exploring their role as conduits of sublime thoughts and as symbols of past catastrophes and metaphors for historical consciousness. Journey through literary, visual, and architectural works alongside theoretical and historical texts to understand the transformative power of ruins and their relationship to preservation, cultural heritage, and environmental destruction.
Shocks and Phantasmagoria: Walter Benjamin
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Explore the enigmatic world of Walter Benjamin's "The Arcades Project" and delve into his philosophy of historical materialism in this thought-provoking course at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. Unravel the complexities of social phenomena, interpretation, and criticism as Benjamin takes you on a journey through the Parisian Arcades of the early 19th century while offering insights into our own time.
Hannah Arendt: The Origins of Totalitarianism
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Delve into the historical origins of totalitarianism and its modern implications in this thought-provoking course, exploring Hannah Arendt's profound analysis of imperialism, anti-Semitism, and the erosion of individualism. Uncover the connections between racism, nationalism, and the collapse of social cohesion, and gain new insights into today's refugee crisis and statelessness.
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The Black Atlantic and Beyond
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Explore the transformative ideas of Paul Gilroy, a renowned scholar of race and identity. Delve into his critical examination of the African diaspora, the Black Atlantic, and the complex interplay between race, nation, and global cosmopolitanism. Uncover the possibilities and challenges of antiracist politics in the 21st century.
Decolonial Theory: an Intro
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Explore the lasting effects of colonization and the urgent need for decolonization in this thought-provoking course. Delve into the theories and practices of decolonial thinkers, from Aimé Césaire to The Red Nation, and uncover the complexities of coloniality in our contemporary world. Join us as we envision a future free from the oppressive legacies of the past.
The Ramayana: Myth, Morality, and Conflict
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Explore the profound influence of the epic Ramayana on art, thought, and politics, and unravel the timeless questions of morality, duty, and individuality. Delve into the diverse retellings of the Ramayana and discover how it challenges dominant assumptions, shaping the imaginations of South Asians today. A captivating journey into the heart of ancient wisdom awaits at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.
Introduction to Marxist Economics
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Explore the economic concepts underlying Marx's theory of capitalism and their relevance in today's world. Unravel the labor theory of value, surplus value, and the organic composition of capital to understand the interplay of production and exploitation. Discover the power and limits of Marxist economics in comprehending and critiquing the capitalist system.
The Rebirth of Metaphysics and Morality: Anscombe, Murdoch, Foot
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Uncover the groundbreaking philosophical views of Anscombe, Foot, and Murdoch as they challenge prevailing notions of metaphysics and morality in this thought-provoking course at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. Delve into their exploration of moral judgments, human well-being, and the nature of freedom, and discover the profound impact they had on later analytic philosophy. Don't miss the opportunity to engage with the works of these influential thinkers and expand your understanding of rational discourse.
What is Social Democracy?
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Discover the history, meaning, and possibilities of social democracy in this thought-provoking course. Explore its rise, decline, and recent resurgence, and dive into the debates surrounding its role in shaping a more equal society. Join us at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and gain a deeper understanding of socialist politics today.
Montaigne and Pascal: Inventing the Self
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The origins of modernity were marked by a new concern: the self. The turn inward impelled not only a rethinking of traditional political, social, and religious ideas, but also a new focus on the personal and the mundane: on objects, fears, customs, death, the body, solitude, and subjective experience. Among the first to explore this new understanding of the human condition were two Frenchman, the essayist Michel de Montaigne and the polymath Blaise...
The Political Economy of the Soviet Union
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Uncover the inner workings of the Soviet Union's political economy and the impact of global capitalism in this thought-provoking course. Delve into the relationship between production, distribution, and consumption, as well as this nation's promises and betrayals to its workers. Understand the causes of Soviet nostalgia in light of post-Soviet neoliberalism.
A Contemporary Introduction to the Frankfurt School
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Discover the key works and concepts of the Frankfurt School, including Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno, and Walter Benjamin, in this course that examines the cultural and political landscape of the mid-twentieth century and its relevance today. Explore topics such as historical materialism, the "dialectic of enlightenment," and the workings of the "culture industry," while linking them to the contemporary world.
Silence: Art, Literature, and Philosophy
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Silence, wrote Adrienne Rich, “is a presence / it has a history a form / Do not confuse it / with any kind of absence.” Ludwig Wittgenstein’s famous admonition that “whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent” suggests, similarly, that silence is replete—not with states of affairs, but with matters of value, judgment, and human ethics. From John Cage’s 4’33” to Robert Rauschenberg’s “White Painting” series,...
Welfare: Law, Poverty, and Social Reproduction
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Uncover the hidden truth behind welfare as a system of social and labor discipline. Join this thought-provoking course to explore the history, present, and future of family regulation and understand its construction of gender, race, and kinship. Discover how welfare has shaped, and been shaped by, racial hierarchy and anxiety to envision a more humane system focused on success.
Sophocles: Tragedy and the Limits of Knowledge
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Explore the profound and unsettling world of Sophocles's tragedies as this course delves into the limits of knowledge, the human condition, and the enduring impact of his works. Uncover the border between life and death, nature and civilization, and freedom and taboo, as plays like Oedipus Tyrannus and Antigone raise timeless questions that continue to resonate with philosophers, psychoanalysts, and artists. Journey through the powerful realm of tragedy and discover why Sophocles's works remain artistically and emotionally compelling to this day.
What’s Next? Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient World
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Reflecting on death and grief, we sometimes wonder what comes next—and devise ways to cope. Ancient peoples were no different. Across the Mesopotamian and broader Mediterranean world, death was deemed a rite of passage—a transmigration to an afterlife—to be marked by rituals, spells, and intricate visual and structural artifacts. Different cultures developed different practices. Many built tombs as residences for the hereafter. Some developed...
The Algorithmic Sublime: Technology, Infinity, and Transcendence
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Explore the profound intersection of technology and transcendence in this thought-provoking course. Discover how the incomprehensible beauty and horror of the sublime can be mediated by algorithms and digital media, delving into quantum computing, machine learning, and generative artworks. Join us on a journey to understand the unfathomable in the realm of computational machinery.
The Task of the Critic: an Introduction to Rosalind Krauss
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom
Delve into the transformative power of Rosalind Krauss's eclectic theoretical vocabulary and its influence on contemporary art criticism. Explore her break from formalism and her writings on modernism and postmodernism, as well as her personal connection to art in the aftermath of her memory loss and recovery. Gain new insights into aesthetic experience and interpretation through a rigorous examination of representative artworks.
On the Heights of Despair: an Introduction to E.M. Cioran
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The son of an orthodox priest, Emil Cioran reflected obsessively on the condition of humanity in a universe without God. Outstripping even Schopenhauer in his relentless pessimism, Cioran developed an aphoristic style, arguably to literary perfection, by which he delivered piercing insights into the “inconvenience of existence” (“which neither death nor even poetry succeeds in correcting”). Despair, doubt, melancholy, failure, skepticism,...
Make Live and Let Die: Michel Foucault and Biopolitics
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Uncover the profound influence of Michel Foucault's theories on power, nation-states, and sovereign authority in this thought-provoking course. Explore how the modern state's governance over each citizens' lives has transformed the management of life into a profound political concern. Delve into Foucault's lectures and accompanying essays to gain a deep understanding of this issue's implications for contemporary analysis.
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