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“Dreams and Hysteria: An Introduction to Freud”(Tuesdays, 7-9pm, starting June 12, 2012, 6 weeks)

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The Brooklyn Institute for Social Research was established in 2011 in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Its mission is to extend liberal arts education and research far beyond the borders of the traditional university, supporting community education needs and opening up new possibilities for scholarship in the 21st century.

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“Dreams and Hysteria: An Introduction to Freud”

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(Tuesdays, 7-9pm, June 12, 2012) at Building on Bond  Enrollment is limited and includes a free copy of Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams! Freud’s biographers and commentators often note that we all ‘speak Freud’ today, whether we like it or not. But … Continue reading →

“Reading Lolita in Tehran” Redux, NY, 2012: a Supplemental Podcast for Social Research

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This is a supplemental episode of our podcast series. While preparing for our most recent podcast, I (Ajay) came across a piece that Gideon Lewis-Kraus had written critiquing an article by Columbia Professor Hamid Dabashi which was, in turn, a critique of … Continue reading →

Episode 5 of the Podcast for Social Research: Introduction and Notations

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This is the fifth episode of our podcast series, “The Podcast for Social Research.” We change up the format a bit this time around and begin with Abby interviewing Gideon Lewis-Kraus about his new book, A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for … Continue reading →

Episode 4 of the Podcast for Social Research

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This is the fourth episode of our podcast series, “The Podcast for Social Research.”In this episode I (Ajay) fail to get the show edited and annotated in a timely fashion, we fail to come to an agreement on how to … Continue reading →

“Shocks and Phantasmagoria: Walter Benjamin and The Arcades Project”

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(Tuesdays, 7-9pm, April 10, 2012) If you want to understand and critically engage with life in twenty-first century New York, there is no better place to begin than with Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, the sprawling, ambitious, unparalleled examination of “Paris, Capital … Continue reading →

“Telegraphs, Pneumatic Tubes and Teleportation; Or, the Way We Communicate Now”

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(Mondays, 7-9pm, starting April 9, 2012, 6 weeks) A class for people who love or fear (or both) their iPad/Kindle/Twitter/Facebook/etc.  Readings in the literature and philosophy of communication technology, from Charles Dickens and Henry James to Michel Foucault and Terry … Continue reading →

Episode 1 of the Podcast for Social Research: An Introduction and Notations

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This is the first episode of our podcast series, “The Podcast for Social Research.” It is divided into two parts. The first part is an introduction followed by discussion of various goings-on of the faculty of the Brooklyn Institute, ranging … Continue reading →

Our Faculty, Elsewhere on the Web #1

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Our faculty are hard at work not only for the Brooklyn Institute but also in other venues. Please check out some of their recent work around the web: Abby Kluchin, “Only Connect…:” Super Sad True Love Story and the Semiotics … Continue reading →

Atheism, Naturalism and Morality – Some Brief Comments

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The New York Times runs an online series called “The Stone” in which contemporary philosophers discuss current issues in the field. The following are some reflections on Louise Antony’s recent piece: “Good Minus God”. ——————————————————————————————————————– I’m not sure why Louise … Continue reading →

Episode 2 of the Podcast for Social Research: Introduction and Notations

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This is the second episode of our podcast series, “The Podcast for Social Research.” This week we talk about the video game Shadow of the Colossus, Plato’s beef with poetry in The Republic, and quite a bit in between. For more information … Continue reading →

Our Faculty, Elsewhere on the Web #2

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Our faculty are hard at work not only for the Brooklyn Institute but also in other venues. Please check out some of their recent work around the web: Christine Smallwood, Return to the Meadowlands at Triple Canopy “Bryan Zanisnik’s photo essay “Beyond … Continue reading →

Episode 3 of the Podcast for Social Research: Introduction and Notations

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This is the third episode of our podcast series, “The Podcast for Social Research.” This week we talk a bit about our first class, a bit more about Kamila Shamsie’s essay “The Storytellers of Empire,” and quite a lot about Evgeny … Continue reading →

“The Simmering Period”: Iran, After 2009 (a Supplemental Podcast For Social Research)

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This is a supplemental episode of our podcast series, “The Podcast for Social Research.” In this episode, I (Ajay) have an informal conversation with of our Fellows, Soraya Batmanghelichi, about the situation within Iran after the controversial 2009 re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. We discuss … Continue reading →

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