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See all- The Meaning of Anxiety- Rollo May (Book Discussion) -week 4Bryant Park, New York, NY
The first modern book on anxiety following Freud and Kierkegaard―psychologist Rollo May brings order and lucidity to the subject of anxiety. May challenges the idea that "mental health is living without anxiety," believing it is essential to being human. He explores how it can relieve boredom, sharpen sensibilities, and produce the tension necessary to preserve human existence. May sees a link extending from anxiety to intelligence, creativity, and originality, and guides the reader away from destructive ways to positive ways of dealing with anxiety. He convincingly proposes that anxiety can impel personal change, as it is only by confronting and coping with it that self-realization can occur.
Join us to discuss this classic book over the course of 5-weeks!
Week 4 Sat 7/26 12:30-2:30pm Reading Room area @ Bryant Park
Reading for Week 4
Chapter 8 & 9 in latest edition of the book (blue cover) "Cases Demonstrating Anxiety" and "The Study of Unmarried Mothers"Chapter 7 in older editions of the book "Cases Demonstrating Anxiety"
I believe the older edition combines these two chapters* here is a new link to download the latest edition of the book from Anna's Archive in epub format. Unfortunately if you want pdf the only version available is an earlier edition below.
Physical copy I'll be reading available here
Free online version available here *note this version is missing Part 3 so will not have the reading for the final week*
Free pdf download from Annas-Archives here *click on the first "slow downloads" option* *also available in epub or modi format for kindle. Just search the title and find the format you wantWe follow a mindful conversation approach, details on this along with a general FAQ on how we run the meetup can be found here.
Reading is required to participate in the discussion, but not required to attend.Can't wait discuss these ideas with all of you!
-Zach - Science as a Vocation (Max Weber)Fort Greene Park Prison Ship Martyrs’s Monument , Brooklyn , NY
Join us at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn to discuss German sociologist Max Weber's 1917 lecture on the value of science in society.
Full text PDF here (pg. 1–31 in this edition—introduction not required)
We will plan on meeting in the shady area just southwest of the giant column in the middle of the park. Check this page for location updates and comment if you can't find us!
- Thomas Khun The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Week 1Pier 57, New York, NY
For this three week event we will dive into the history and philosophy of science by reading Thomas Khun's revolutionary work entitled The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. By taking us on a journey through the history of science, Khun challenges the assumption of linear progress in scientific fields. We are encouraged to view science as overlapping conceptual frameworks to understand the world. These paradigms then undergo revolutions from time to time when the old paradigms are brought into crisis by conflicting experimental evidence. In these times of crisis, creativity is required to re-imagine the way the world might operate in order to provide a new paradigm which can explain experimental evidence. Join us as we challenge our misconceptions in order to form a deeper understanding of science in our postmodern world. I will be reading from this version and a free copy can be found here. For the first week we will read chapters 1-6 (p. 1-65). Participants should read the entire reading before attending this in person meeting. For questions please send me a message or post to meetup.
Best,
Brian
