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Explore the inner workings of city politics in NYC through engaging classes that delve into topics such as local governance, public policy, and campaign strategies, allowing participants to gain a deeper understanding of the political landscape in the Big Apple.

Unfortunately, no classes in-person in NYC have spots left, but 1 class live online is available.

Theories of the State: Politics, Institutions, & Power

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ Online Classroom

Uncover the enigmatic nature of the state as you delve into the intricate web of politics and power. Explore the origins, functions, and impact of this elusive entity that permeates every aspect of society. Join us as we navigate the theories of the state and shed light on its influence in shaping our modern world.

(29) All levels 21 and older
$335

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Great Decisions 2020

92nd Street Y @ 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...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$250

8 sessions

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Gilded Suffragists

92nd Street Y @ 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...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Politics of the City: Plato’s Republic

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 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...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$315

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Socrates

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 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...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$315

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Playing to Win: an Introduction to Game Theory

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 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...

(29) Beginner 21 and older
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$315

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Introduction to Political Economy

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 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...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$315

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What is Fascism? Economy, Society, and State

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 30 Irving Pl, New York, NY

The word “fascism” is used frequently to describe intensely militaristic, racist, xenophobic, or repressive politics. Almost as often, fascism is used as a shorthand for a form of “totalitarian” government—where “jack-booted thugs” from “the state” control social, economic, and political life. With the rise of a dizzying array of far-right figures worldwide—politicians like Narendra Modi, Viktor Orban, Recep Teyyip Erdogan, ...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$315

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Politics 101

Be Social Change @ 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...

(245) Advanced 18 and older
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Cramming for the Midterms

Caveat @ 21-A Clinton St, New York, NY

The science behind why our politics got so insane (and what we can do about it) This is a series about the fundamental principles of social and political life. If you’re looking for a rundown of “he-said,” “she-said” analyses, or a bunch of talking heads talking past each other on today’s top issues, you’re in the wrong place. Instead, we share some of the deepest social science findings behind how everything got so fucked. You’ll...

(25) All levels 21 and older
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It's Complicated: How the U.S. Shaped the Middle East

Caveat @ 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...

(25) All levels 21 and older
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Dance, Dance, Revolution: A Political Intro to Dance

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 106 Calyer St, Brooklyn, NY

“If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be in your revolution”—so, supposedly, said Emma Goldman. What is the connection between dancing and politics? Can dance, whether choreographed ballet, break dancing, or a spontaneous party, make a statement about society—or even, somehow, challenge it?  In this course, we’ll explore the nature of dance and its possibilities as a mode of thinking, socially, politically, and aesthetically, about...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$315

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Silent Film: Cinema, Society, and the Avant-Garde

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 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,...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$315

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Feminism, Politics, and Imagination

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

This course approaches the politics of marginal subjects through the work of women thinkers, writers, characters, actors, and artists. These figures confront the logics of colonialism, capitalism, racism, fascism, and patriarchy by thwarting the voices, loves, fates, destinies, and narratives conferred to them within these systems, as well as within those discourses that seek to liberate them. Notions of speech, disorder, pathology, trauma, romance,...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Edward Said: Culture and Empire

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Few contemporary intellectuals have generated enough interest in their work to achieve simultaneous fame and infamy, yet this distinction undoubtedly applies to Edward Said (1935-2003). In the aftermath of his monumental Orientalism (1978) and his outspoken advocacy on behalf of the Palestinian people, Said became a lightning rod within both academic and policy debates about multiculturalism, Euro-American exceptionalism, and the nature of American...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Thucydides: War and Civilization

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the disastrous, 27-year war between Athens and Sparta. The Peloponnesian War brought to an end both democracy in Athens and the traditional Spartan aristocracy. Also destroyed was the classical idea of the city-state itself, with its attendant conceptions of citizenship and civic life.  Through its mix of speeches, narrative, and analysis, Thucydides’ History presents...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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International Relations: a Critical Introduction

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

While international politics has been a topic of discourse since at least Thucydides, international relations, as a branch of study distinct from political theory, emerged in the late 19th century—just as the European nation-state was making itself felt as the dominant political actor on the world stage.  While arguably no discipline evolves entirely independently of social and political power, IR, with its descriptive and prescriptive...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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Why The Electoral College? (Live Remote)

West Los Angeles College

Why the Electoral College and Why Does it Decide Presidential Elections? Recent polls and surveys show that public interest in the 2020 presidential election is near an all-time high. One question millions of Americans ask is why we choose our presidents by the Electoral College, rather than the popular vote. Find out just what the Electoral College is, and examine its origins and history. Learn why it’s likely to be a hot topic now, and also...

(58) All levels 18 and older
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A Master Class on the History of American Diplomacy

92nd Street Y @ 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...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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Trans/Queer/Woman: Theory and Politics

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 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...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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