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Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
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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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Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

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Puppets and Automata: Art, Anxiety, and the Uncanny

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 315 E 91st St, New York, NY

Explore the captivating world of puppets and automata, delving into their roles as artistic marvels and cultural symbols of fascination and unease. From Italian puppet theater to avant-garde film and radical productions, uncover their impact on subjectivity, representation, and the boundaries between artifice and humanity.

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Critical Ancient Greek (In-Person)

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY

Explore the foundational texts of ancient Greek thought through language acquisition and critical analysis in this immersive program. Guided by experts in philosophy, literature, and psychoanalysis, participants will delve into Greek grammar, syntax, and rhetoric while examining the cultural contexts and enduring concepts that shape philosophical and political discourse.

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Future Queer: an Introduction to Jose Muñoz

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY

Explore José Esteban Muñoz’s vision of queerness as a future potential, shaped through performance, activism, and radical imagination. Engage with his theories of disidentification, counterpublics, and queer aesthetics to examine how identity and culture are both subverted and reclaimed. Through interdisciplinary readings and artistic works, discover new ways to envision and create queer futures.

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W.E.B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk and Beyond

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 275 Madison Ave, New York, NY

Examine W.E.B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk and its profound exploration of race, identity, and inequality. Analyze his concepts of the “veil” and “double consciousness,” and their impact on Black experience and social progress. Reflect on Du Bois’ enduring legacy in understanding the color line and its relevance to contemporary global struggles.

(31) All levels 21 and older
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The Political Economy of Art (In-Person)

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 411 S 5th St, Brooklyn, NY

Investigate the complex relationship between art and capitalism, exploring how artistic production, value, and consumption intersect with economic and social systems. Delve into the paradox of art as both a luxury commodity and a site of critical, non-economic activity. Analyze the structures shaping the art market and question its impact on aesthetics, politics, and cultural traditions.

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Andrea Dworkin: Sex, Power, and Politics (In-Person)

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY

Explore the polarizing legacy of Andrea Dworkin, a fierce critic of pornography and patriarchy, whose work ignited feminist debates and continues to provoke reflection in the #MeToo era. Delve into her writings, speeches, and radical ideas to uncover insights into feminism's evolution and its liberation ideals.

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Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY

Explore the profound and intricate philosophy of G.W.F. Hegel through a close reading of Phenomenology of Spirit. Trace the evolution of Reason from sensory perception to absolute knowing, while uncovering Hegel’s revolutionary dialectical method and its impact on epistemology, metaphysics, morality, and political thought.

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Cruel Narrations: an Introduction to Muriel Spark (In-Person)

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY

Explore the dark humor and existential themes in Muriel Spark’s post-war English prose through three of her iconic novels. Delve into her unique narrative style, vivid yet self-aware characters, and the interplay of life, death, and redemption in her modern classics.

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International Surrealism: Art, Politics, and the Unconscious (In-Person)

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY

Explore the radical world of Surrealism, where art defies logic and unveils the power of the unconscious. From haunting imagery to revolutionary politics, discover how surrealist artists challenged reality, gender norms, and colonialism through provocative works. Through manifestos, literature, and cultural artifacts, uncover the movement’s global impact and enduring influence.

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Plato’s Final Dialogues: On Being and the Forms

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Dive into the intricate and evolving philosophy of Plato as you explore his doctrine of the Forms through a close reading of Parmenides and other key dialogues. Engage with profound questions about being, knowledge, and metaphysical self-critique, unraveling the complexities of Plato’s ultimate vision.

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The Dystopian Imagination

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 247 West 37th St, New York, NY

Thomas More’s sixteenth century treatise Utopia – literally, “no place” – coined the term “utopia” in its modern parlance: a planned, perfected vision of a possible society in some misty other geography or time.  Over the next several centuries, More’s peculiar mix of religious discipline and egalitarian traditionalism increasingly underlined the negative connotation that the concept of “utopia” acquired. In the...

(31) All levels 21 and older
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Politics of the City: Plato’s Republic

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 247 West 37th St, New York, NY

From the ancient world to contemporary debates, the work of Plato is foundational in Western philosophy. As Alfred North Whitehead once quipped, “The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.” In particular, Plato’s Republicremains a vital touchstone for contemporary political and moral philosophers  trying to understand everything from the very...

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Signal and Noise: An Introduction to Statistics

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 247 West 37th St, New York, NY

How do numbers relate to the world? What insights can we derive from data? How do we separate signal from noise? This course is an introduction to statistical thinking and its applications to data analysis at a level accessible to a broad audience with no prior statistical background.  We’ll learn and make intuitive the fundamental methods and concepts of data quantification: linear regression, logistic regression, probability distribution,...

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Kant’s Critical Aesthetics

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 75 Broad St, New York, NY

Art was anything but peripheral to Kant’s philosophical project. In judging a thing to be beautiful, Kant maintained, we bridge “the great gulf” of nature and human freedom, and prepare ourselves to “love something, even nature, without interest”—that is, exercise moral judgment. Immensely influential in its time, the so-called “third Critique” inspired and gave energy to both German Idealism, which attempted to provide a rational...

(31) All levels 21 and older
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Feminist Science Fiction

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 3009 Broadway, New York, NY

The world is not usually imagined for the benefit of women. What can feminist science fiction tell us about these oppressive arrangements and how the world might be otherwise? What makes a work of science fiction feminist? From utopia to dystopia, satire to space opera, in what ways does science fiction hold up a mirror to difficult realties? This course offers a selective introduction to critical themes in twentieth and twenty-first century...

(31) All levels 21 and older
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Socrates

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 178 Stanton St, New York, NY

The trial, conviction, and execution of Socrates on the vote of the Athenian democracy is a founding myth in the history of Western philosophy. And yet very little is known with certainty about the historical Socrates, who himself wrote nothing, but whose way of life, as accounted by Plato (and others) has become a powerful and enduring paradigm of philosophical practice. To Athenian eyes and ears, Socrates was doubtless strange:  notoriously...

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Everyday Irrationalism: T. Adorno, Politics, and Reason

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 30 Irving Pl, New York, NY

Students in the course will read selections from a number of Adorno’s works, including The Stars Down to Earth, Minima Moralia, and The Authoritarian Personality. We will look at the famous dispute between Adorno and philosopher of science Karl Popper both to understand the grounds of their debate but also to understand their vast areas of agreement between empirical research and critical theory. We will pose a series of questions that emerge from...

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Introduction to Music Theory

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 30 Irving Pl, New York, NY

What are the basic structures of western music? What rules and norms—of harmony, melody, and rhythm—unite works as remote from each other in time and style as Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper? What are the acoustic, perceptual, and historical roots of this musical grammar, and does understanding them shape the way we hear and respond to music? These are some of the questions we will address in Introduction...

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Jorge Luis Borges: Mysticism, Fiction, and Politics

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 612 W 116th St, New York, NY

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 pervaded the most formative decade...

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Introduction to Psychoanalysis

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 15 W 16th St, New York, NY

This course will survey a selection of these theoretical and clinical polemics via a reading of primary and secondary sources from classical Freudian theory, ego psychology, Kleinian, Lacanian, object relations, and contemporary relational approaches. Far from a canon of consistent ideas, the history of psychoanalytic theory is marked by conflict, splits and vicious debates that have important clinical and historical implications. Readings will...

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Reviews of Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

(4.6-star rating across 31 reviews)
  • James Joyce: Ulysses

    Reviewed by Francis D G. on 7/5/2022
    It was not easy, but I didn't expect it to be. I got some very useful insight into the book, which will help in my second reading. I will be looking for more classes taught by Professor Porte.
  • Proust in Time: The Prisoner

    Anonymous review on 2/19/2021
    pretentious, and unwelcoming professor
  • God or Nature: Spinoza’s Ethics

    Anonymous review on 3/31/2020
    This was a great class. I'm excited to continue to take BISR classes every month for the rest of my life! LOL I'm serious.
  • The Singularity: AI & the Post-Human Future

    Anonymous review on 2/27/2019
    Required more structure. Seemed more of a reading review club, than an instructional class.
  • Jorge Luis Borges: Mysticism, Fiction, and Politics

    Anonymous review on 7/31/2018
    Teacher was knowledgeable, good readings, active participants.
  • Signal and Noise: An Introduction to Statistics

    Reviewed by Sergio C. on 6/27/2018
    Excellent class. Excellent instructor. Raphaële breathed life into stats. Very fun class!
  • The Subway: Urbanism, Infrastructure, and Social Life

    Reviewed by Neeraj P. on 10/18/2024
  • Vergil’s Aeneid: Myth, Empire, and Ruin

    Reviewed by Janine W. on 10/11/2024
  • Mining: Industry, Ecology, and Capitalism

    Anonymous review on 11/8/2023
  • Hannah Arendt: The Human Condition

    Anonymous review on 6/26/2021
  • Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady

    Reviewed by Christine S. on 12/13/2020
  • Don DeLillo: Underworld

    Reviewed by Christine S. on 11/19/2020
  • Freedom, Politics, and the Individual

    Reviewed by Christine S. on 10/10/2020
  • The Mahabharata: From Exile to Apocalypse

    Reviewed by Christine S. on 7/10/2020
  • Feminist Science Fiction

    Reviewed by Matt P. on 3/31/2020
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Evil

    Reviewed by Morgan H. on 2/18/2020
  • An Introduction to Schopenhauer

    Reviewed by Anh T. on 12/11/2019
  • Kant’s Critical Aesthetics

    Reviewed by Blanca Q. on 8/5/2019
  • Hannah Arendt: The Human Condition

    Anonymous review on 7/10/2019
  • Fiction and Inner Life: Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway

    Reviewed by William J. on 3/23/2018
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