Philosophy of Fashion
- All levels
- 21 and older
- $315
- Earn 3,150 reward points
- 505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY
- 12 hours over 4 sessions
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“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, enduring) has often rejected or dismissed fashion (often coded feminine, frivolous, ephemeral) as a site of legitimate inquiry. What does it mean to philosophize about fashion? What does it mean to have or practice a philosophy of fashion?
This course concentrates on fashion as a vital, luxuriant case study for major intellectual questions. With an emphasis on the 20th and 21st century, the syllabus combines readings in the philosophy, theory, and history of fashion with a wide range of visual examples.
Some of our central inquiries will include:
And, if it’s not, what does fashion, with its fondness for surfaces, reveal about the depths of things?
Readings are likely to draw on some or all of the following figures: Shahidha Bari, Benjamin, Barthes, Judith C. Brown, Butler, Carlyle, Darwin, Foucault, Yuniya Kawamura, Marx, Monica L. Miller, Ngai, Lars Svendsen, and Simmel.
There *is* no physical Brooklyn Institute. We hold our classes all over (thus far) Brooklyn and Manhattan, in alternative spaces ranging from the back rooms of bars to bookstores to spaces in cultural centers, including the Center for Jewish History, the Goethe-Institut, and the Barnard Center for Research on Women. We can (and do) turn any space into a classroom. You will be notified of the exact location when you register for a class.
Instructors will contact students approximately one week prior to the first class with reading assignments and details about the course location
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.
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