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See all- Propaganda by Edward BernaysCity Winery - new location West Side Highway. closest subway 14th Street ACE L, new York , NY
A seminal and controversial figure in the history of political thought and public relations, Edward Bernays pioneered the scientific technique of shaping and manipulating public opinion, which he famously dubbed “engineering of consent.”
His 1928 bombshell Propaganda lays out his eerily prescient vision for using propaganda to regiment the collective mind in a variety of areas, including government, politics, art, science and education.
“Bernays’ honest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and influential institutions of contemporary industrial state capitalist democracies.”—Noam Chomsky
Join us to discuss this classic work over the course of 3 weeks!
Week 1: Saturday 1/11 @ 3pm
Week 2: Saturday 1/18 @ 3pm
Week 3: Saturday 1/25 @ 3pmReading for Week 1
Introduction and Chapters 1 & 2
(Roughly 40 pgs.)Please come having done the reading.
We follow a mindful conversation approach, details on this along with a general FAQ on how we run the meetup can be found here.
Here is the version I will be reading
Here is a free pdf version of the bookCan't wait!
-Zach - Deleuze: Nietzsche and PhilosophyFarm.One, Kings County, NY
Join us to discuss Gilles Deleuze's systematic 1962 interpretation of Nietzsche's influential but enigmatic philosophy! The book elaborates on concepts like the will power and the eternal return, and can also be a great place to start if you're new to Deleuze.
Reading for this meeting: Chapter 2. Active and Reactive
Link to full PDF book: https://antilogicalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/nietzsche-and-philosophy.pdf
Farm.One is a brewery and indoor farm. We've learned they're open before 1:00 pm as a quiet cafe, so get there early if you prefer coffee to beer (and maybe to finish up the reading)!
- Plutarch Parallel Lives: Alexander the Great Part 2Link visible for attendees
We will continue looking at the life of Alexander the Great in the final instalment of our discussion.
We are going to look closely at sections 37-77
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Alexander*/5.html
This is a reading group in which we read from Plutarch's Parallel Lives about the virtues and faults of great leaders from ancient Greece and Rome. At the end of each life, we rate them for their leadership quality, virtues, entertaining reading, and legacy.
For our leader scoreboard, check out this Google doc:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K66HPHPO_elctuHjCLAWnv5w_3HCY8YbxEK4SgCa_Gg/edit#gid=0I'll be reading from Loeb Classical Library Edition which can be found here:
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/home.htmlor in print:
https://www.amazon.com/Plutarchs-Lives-Modern-Library-Classics/dp/0375756760
Generally, any edition will do.
For questions please send me a message or post to meetup.
Zita - Plutarch Parallel Lives: Alexander the Great Part 2Link visible for attendees
We will continue looking at the life of Alexander the Great in the final instalment of our discussion.
We are going to look closely at sections 37-77
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Alexander*/5.html
This is a reading group in which we read from Plutarch's Parallel Lives about the virtues and faults of great leaders from ancient Greece and Rome. At the end of each life, we rate them for their leadership quality, virtues, entertaining reading, and legacy.
For our leader scoreboard, check out this Google doc:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K66HPHPO_elctuHjCLAWnv5w_3HCY8YbxEK4SgCa_Gg/edit#gid=0I'll be reading from Loeb Classical Library Edition which can be found here:
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/home.htmlor in print:
https://www.amazon.com/Plutarchs-Lives-Modern-Library-Classics/dp/0375756760
Generally, any edition will do.
For questions please send me a message or post to meetup.
Zita
