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Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Philosophy, Phenomenology, and the Body

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Explore the profound philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and his groundbreaking ideas on perception, embodiment, and the nature of existence. Delve into the world of phenomenology and discover how this influential 20th-century movement continues to shape contemporary thought.

(29) Beginner 21 and older
$335

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Bioengineering: from Terraforming to Designer Babies

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

In this thought-provoking course from the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, you'll explore the core principles of biotechnology and the ethical, political, and economic implications of manipulating biological matter. Uncover the exciting possibilities and real constraints that shape the future of bioengineering today!

(29) All levels 21 and older
$335

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The Weimar Republic: Politics, Culture, and Catastrophe

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Unveil the rise and fall of Germany's Weimar Republic and its impact on contemporary politics, culture, and catastrophic authoritarianism in this provocative course. Explore the complex international politics and economic crises that shaped this politically fragile yet culturally dazzling era. Dive into primary sources and reflections to dissect the untold lessons for our modern world.

(29) All levels 21 and older
$335

4 sessions

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Solarpunk: Theory, Fiction, and Radical Futures

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Explore a radical vision of the future where nature and technology align, challenging the pessimistic outlook on climate change. Immerse yourself in the art, theory, and speculative fiction of solarpunk to reimagine a world of decommodified energy and human liberation. Join us on this intellectual journey towards a harmonious coexistence of technology, nature, and human life.

(29) All levels 21 and older
$335

4 sessions

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Melanie Klein: Love, Guilt, and Psychoanalysis

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Delve into the depths of human emotions and the complexities of the mind with a comprehensive exploration of psychoanalysis. Gain insights into the intricate workings of the psyche through this captivating course.

(29) All levels 21 and older
$335

4 sessions

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The Soviet Avant-Garde: Culture, Politics, Aesthetics

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Explore Russian and Soviet avant-gardes during the first three decades of the 20th century. Discover how artists grappled with finding "communistic expression of material structures" and the shifting status of the arts in the early Soviet state. Dive into the works of Kazimir Malevich, El Lissitzky, Sergei Eisenstein, and more.

(29) All levels 21 and older
$335

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Saidiya Hartman: Scenes of Subjection

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Delve into the transformative insights of Saidiya Hartman's groundbreaking works on Black life and history. Join us at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research as we explore Hartman's profound reimagining of freedom, agency, and the legacy of the Atlantic slave trade. Engage with critical questions on power, labor, and race in the postmodern era through an examination of Hartman's influential texts alongside other prominent scholars in the field.

(29) All levels 21 and older
$335

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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.

(1060) 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.

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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Weekly Torah Portion, Gleanings from the Torah

92nd Street Y @ Live Interactive Online Classroom

Back by popular demand! Join Abby Eisenberg for a weekly exploration of community, character and sanctity — elemental themes of the Torah. Throughout the year, we’ll consider texts that both challenge and inspire us as we read our sacred ancient words while gleaning modern meaning and relevance for our lives today.

(1060) All levels 18 and older
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The Earth has Three Colors: A Celebration of Moroccan Ceramics

92nd Street Y

An online presentation of the first full-length publication to provide a comprehensive overview of Moroccan ceramics, The Earth has Three Colors, traces its history from the rural domestic pottery of the indigenous peoples that inhabit the Rif Mountains, through 20th century Modernism, to the contemporary art of Marrakech. The three sections of the book center on the three different clay colors used in Morocco: indigenous red, traditional gray, and...

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Rebels in Frock Coats: Impressionism to Fauvism

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

The artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries redefined the significance of the painted surface in the rapidly changing Parisian art world, pitting traditionalists against newcomers who would turn the art world upside down. Through lecture and slide illustrations, explore the lives and works of artists within the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Symbolist, and Fauvist periods within the context of the socio-political arenas surrounding...

(513) Beginner 18 and older
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$299

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A Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing: An Introduction to Marx

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

In the mid-nineteenth century, a young Karl Marx wrote, in the form of a published open letter to Arnold Ruge: “But if the designing of the future and the proclamation of ready-made solutions for all time is not our affair, then we realize all the more clearly what we have to accomplish in the present—I am speaking of a ruthless criticism of everything existing, ruthless in two senses: The criticism must not be afraid of its own conclusions,...

(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
$315

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After the Last Breath: After-Death Care & Home Funerals

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

This workshop unpacks the role of the death midwife from the final breath, through the 3-day home vigil and funeral, until final disposition. It is open to professional and non-professional end-of-life caregivers and anyone wishing to care for their loved-one naturally, at home, according to personal, religious and cultural traditions. Topics explored include: after-death rites and rituals legalities and logistics of a 1 to 3-day home vigil the...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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Wagner’s Ring Cycle: the Total Art Work

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

At age 37, Richard Wagner—composer, exile, and failed revolutionary—set to work on the project that would consume the next 25 years of his life. By its completion, it had grown into arguably the most ambitious artwork of the 19th century: the monumental cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, a fifteen-hour operatic tetralogy of unprecedented scope and complexity, narrating the history of the world from its birth to its destruction.  The cycle was...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Anthropology and Ethnography: an Introduction

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 172 Mulberry St, New York, NY

Anthropology is at once a contested and vital field of study and inquiry. Still hotly debated is a basic question: what is the scope of anthropological inquiry? Modern anthropologists no longer divide the world, as their 19th-century forebears did, into a sociological “West” and an anthropological “rest of the world,” its “backwardness” waiting to be understood. Yet, expanding the anthropological field of view to the whole of the globe...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$315

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Philosophy of Fashion

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

“For the philosopher,” writes Walter Benjamin in The Arcades Project, “the most interesting thing about fashion is its extraordinary anticipations.” In other words, fashion is, in itself, an avant-garde: it shows us what the world will be like before that world has fully arrived. Its uncanny relation to the new is by no means the only philosophically interesting thing about fashion.  And yet, philosophy (often coded masculine, serious,...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Feminist Killjoys: an Introduction to Sara Ahmed

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

What does it mean to be a feminist killjoy? Why are some actions and expressions recognized as bold but others stigmatized as willful? For feminist theorist Sara Ahmed, our embodied experiences are foundational to the ways we move through the world. That is, certain marked bodies—be they queer, black, brown, and/or woman—encounter pressure, resistance, or violence as they attempt to make space and flourish beyond the boundaries of the normative...

(29) Beginner 21 and older
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Modern Monetary Theory: A Critical Introduction

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

With the conspicuous failure of austerity measures in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, and with the discourse surrounding the U.S. national debt shifting from alarmism to benign acceptance, Modern Monetary Theory, a relatively new (or perhaps not so new) conceptualization of money and government finance, has gained traction and attention in both heterodox economics and mainstream policy circles. For Modern Monetary Theorists, governments do...

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  • Rebels in Frock Coats: Impressionism to Fauvism

    Reviewed by Ikiah M. on 6/1/2017
    The instructor was incredibly patient with every student. He made us comfortable to ask questions no matter how "silly." We covered a variety of topics and I feel comfortable to explore photoshop on my own and continue learning more!
  • Rebels in Frock Coats: Impressionism to Fauvism

    Reviewed by Megan R. on 8/2/2016
    The instructor was fun, knowledgeable, taught at a great pace for all different interests and backgrounds. I really enjoyed the classes and learned valuable skills for both personal and professional design project.
  • Rebels in Frock Coats: Impressionism to Fauvism

    Reviewed by Franka S. on 10/20/2015
    Great class with a great instructor. It's fun and informative. He also gives a lot of valuable real life advice based on his experience as an art director!

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