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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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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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Playing to Win: an Introduction to Game Theory
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 247 West 37th St, New York, NY
From zero-sum games and the “prisoner’s dilemma” to rational actors and the Nash equilibrium, game theory has grown from a bold conjecture into a deeply influential mode of analysis in political science, economics, psychology, business, mathematics, and even military strategy. Based on a theory of simple card games developed by John Von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern, game theory seeks to use these game situations to model human, computer, and...
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Introduction to Political Economy
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 275 Madison Ave, New York, NY
This course is intended as a critical introduction to political economy. Students will evaluate these questions by reading selected writings from major figures in the field. We begin with extracts from Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, introducing such complex notions as the labor theory of value, the benefits of free trade, productivity, and the division of labor. Although Smith grounded his claims in self-interest and market...
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Carl Schorske’s Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture (In-Person)
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 30 Irving Pl, New York, NY
Explore Vienna’s fin-de-siècle cultural transformation, where political disillusionment gave rise to radical artistic and intellectual innovation. Through Schorske’s influential analysis and key works of Freud, Klimt, Schönberg, and others, uncover how the collapse of liberal ideals fueled a retreat into aestheticism — and what this introspective shift reveals about our own political and cultural moment.
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Silent Film: Cinema, Society, and the Avant-Garde
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ 68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY
Silent film is one of modernism’s quintessential mediums. In an essay on Kafka, Walter Benjamin notes that “the invention of the film and the phonograph came in an age of maximum alienation of men from one another.” Many early film critics and connoisseurs, enthusiastic about film’s technological possibilities and developments, viewed the passing of silent film and the ascendency of “talkies” as a potential regression for the medium,...
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Politics 101
Be Social Change See all classes by this school @ 601 W 26th St, New York, NY
Politics 101 is a deep dive into the hidden mechanisms that drive politics and political decision making in the United States. The systems and procedures of power in our democracy are often obscured from the view of the very people it’s meant to serve. This workshop addresses several key topics which are ignored by political science classes, the media and even Wikipedia pages. Over the course of the workshop, we will cover: Election...
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$35
Cramming for the Midterms
Caveat See all classes by this school @ 21-A Clinton St, New York, NY
Get ready for the midterms with "Cramming for the Midterms," a five-part series that breaks down the science behind today's political chaos. From the flaws in democracy to the biases shaping elections, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the forces at play and what we can do about them.
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$15
It's Complicated: How the U.S. Shaped the Middle East
Caveat See all classes by this school @ 21-A Clinton St, New York, NY
Middle Eastern politics can make your head spin. Fear not, we’ve made a comedy show to dive in to the most complicated stories of the region, and break down the West’s role in it all. Caveat’s senior Iranian comedian Mehdi Barakchian and writer Kylie Holloway will answer your biggest questions about the Middle East- why the U.S. is still hanging out with Saudi Arabia, why Iran is so mad at America, and what the hell is an Aleppo, and is it...
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$15
Trans/Queer/Woman: Theory and Politics
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research See all classes by this school @ Online, New York, NY
Transfeminine lives are often seen as having, in and of themselves, political consequences, theoretical limits, and some kind of relation to a ‘beyond’ of gender. While former sports celebrity Caitlyn Jenner has come to stand for the notion that ‘transgender’ is now a “respectable” identity, Olympic gold-star medalist Caster Semenya, despite not being transgender, is now caught up in a fraught and ugly fracas over the question of “what...
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Great Decisions 2020
92nd Street Y See all classes by this school @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Join the longest-running informal foreign affairs discussion program in the country. Increase your awareness and understanding of timely, thought-provoking foreign policy issues involving the US. Each week another thematic/geographic issue is placed in its historical context. Topics are: Climate Change and the Global Order India and Pakistan Red Sea Security Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking U.S. Relations with the Northern Triangle China's...
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Gilded Suffragists
92nd Street Y See all classes by this school @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Gilded Suffragists: The New York Socialites Who Fought for the Women's Right to Vote Although they were dismissed by critics as bored socialites “trying on suffrage as they might the latest couture designs from Paris,” numerous women of New York’s most affluent families such as the Astors, Whitneys and Rockefellers, served a vital role in the suffrage movement in the early twentieth century. In her new book. Gilded Suffragists, author...
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$25
Athletes to Activists: Politics of the Playing Field
Museum of the City of New York - Public See all classes by this school @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
When Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, he became first black major league baseball player of the modern era – and paved the way for athletes to serve as harbingers of social change. Twenty years later, at the 1968 Olympic Games, track and field star John Carlosraised his fist in silent protest of American racial and economic injustice, resulting not only in a world famous photograph, but also his suspension from the U.S. Olympic...
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$40
Women and the Future of New York Politics
Museum of the City of New York - Public See all classes by this school @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
In the Halls of Power: Women and the Future of New York Politics Despite New York's reputation as a progressive city, on the local political level at least, the future looks far from female. By the end of 2017, the New York City Council’s 51-member body could have fewer than 10 female representatives, a sharp drop from 18 women in 2009. So what will it take to reverse this trend and achieve gender parity in politics? A...
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$25
FDR, Al Smith, and the Golden Age of NY Politics
Museum of the City of New York - Public See all classes by this school @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
Ahead of the 2018 gubernatorial election, historians Terry Golway and Peter Quinn take a look back at two iconic New York governors, Al Smith and Franklin Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt and Al Smith were two of New York's greatest governors. Their careers were intertwined throughout the 1920s as they created a new coalition that would dominate U.S. politics for decades. They ran against each other for the Democratic presidential nomination...
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The Legacy of Shirley Chisholm:Screening & Conversation
Museum of the City of New York - Public See all classes by this school @ 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
In a whirlwind of historic firsts, Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968 and, in 1972, the first black candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States. Join us for a screening of the Peabody Award winning documentary, Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed (2004, 75 min), which tells the extraordinary story of a woman claiming her place in American politics. Following...
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$20
A Master Class on the History of American Diplomacy
92nd Street Y See all classes by this school @ Online Classroom, New York, NY
Lessons in Leadership: A Master Class on the History of American Diplomacy America’s fate is inseparable from the rest of the world. As we approach the work of a new administration, Robert Zoellick, the former Deputy Secretary of State, US Trade Representative, and President of the World Bank, joins David Petraeus for a timely and illuminating master class on the history of American Diplomacy. From Benjamin Franklin’s foray to Paris as America’s...
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$15
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