Meetup to discuss Postmodernism: "The death of God," fractured cultures and subcultures, structuralism, post-structuralism, the arts, etc.
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This meetup consists of different groups of people reading certain material to different degrees of depth and intensity. Books we've read in the past include Descartes' 'Meditations', Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding', Kant's '1st Criti… |
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"The great directors of the cinema may be compared, in our view, not merely to painters, architects and musicians, but also with thinkers. They think with movement-images and time-images instead of concepts. ... One cannot object by pointing to the v…
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"To philosophize, we may now say, is an extraordinary questioning into the extraordinary." -- Martin Heidegger, 1935 * * * "The critique of scientism within phenomenology does not seek to refute or negate the results of scientific research in the nam…
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Come join other local amateur philosophers the first Wednesday of each month from 7-9pm as we explore the answers to life’s most profound questions at The Thinkers’ Club. Modeled on the Socrates Café concept, the Thinkers’ Club is a reading and disc…
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Let's meet and talk about topics from philosophy to misosophy, politics to economics, religion to atheism. Let's pick questions and dwell on them together over a cup of tea, a glass of wine or a beer. Everybody is welcome to join and discuss in an e… |
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"Instead of the modernist quest for meaning in a chaotic world, the postmodern author eschews, often playfully, the possibility of meaning, and the postmodern novel is often a parody of this quest. Postmodern authors also tend to celebrate chance ov…
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This group is for people interested in all types of psychoanalytic theory, including classical, contemporary, and the intersections between psychoanalysis and other theories. This could range from Freud’s writings to object-relations theory to femini… |
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Jean Paul Sartre: "Existentialism is nothing else but an attempt to draw the full conclusions from a consistently atheistic position." http://bit.ly/6HbK0V Jean Paul Sartre: "Existentialism is not atheist in the sense that it would exhaust itself in…
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We are a meetup devoted to the study of radical political theory and cultural criticism - socialism(s), world systems, critical theory/media analysis, prefigurative politics, utopian projects, liberation theology, critical pedagogy, or dot-communism… |
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Welcome! This group is intended to provide a community of support for a broad range of mental health and other wellness service providers, including therapists, counselors, coaches, medical doctors, personal trainers, nutritionists, teachers, communi… |
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March 19, 2012
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Those with an interest in Lacan are invited to meet up in an informal and relaxed environment to explore topics of interests that relate to Lacan's work. Scholars, clinicians, artists, writers, techies, activists welcome. No prior knowlege necesssary…
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December 19, 2011
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Welcome! This group is intended to provide a community of support for a broad range of mental health and other wellness service providers, including therapists, counselors, coaches, medical doctors, personal trainers, nutritionists, teachers, communi… |
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August 14, 2011
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We are a meetup devoted to the study of radical political theory and cultural criticism - socialism(s), world systems, critical theory/media analysis, prefigurative politics, utopian projects, liberation theology, critical pedagogy, or dot-communism… |
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July 19, 2011
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We'd like to go beyond such recent commonplace doctrines as 'the end of history' (Fukuyama), 'the clash of civilizations' (Huntington), or 'the world is flat' (T. Friedman), to explore the actual political-economic, political-sociological, political-… |
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July 13, 2011
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"Instead of the modernist quest for meaning in a chaotic world, the postmodern author eschews, often playfully, the possibility of meaning, and the postmodern novel is often a parody of this quest. Postmodern authors also tend to celebrate chance ov…
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February 28, 2011
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Writing Hemingway/Fitzgerald We are a group of serious minded writers focused on publishing our work; socializing takes place outside the meetup time. Members rarely miss a meetup. We keep in small groups where everyone knows your name and you… |
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February 14, 2011
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A Group for Christians that are seeking something more in faith. Those that are desiring to know more about what Scripture means for them. A time to come together and learn about God in a way which is open for you to come in as you truly are and no… |
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March 13, 2010
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Let's meet and talk about topics from philosophy to misosophy, politics to economics, religion to atheism. Let's pick questions and dwell on them together over a cup of tea, a glass of wine or a beer. Everybody is welcome to join and discuss in an e… |
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March 6, 2010
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This group is for people interested in all types of psychoanalytic theory, including classical, contemporary, and the intersections between psychoanalysis and other theories. This could range from Freud’s writings to object-relations theory to femini…
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December 31, 2009
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Jean Paul Sartre: "Existentialism is nothing else but an attempt to draw the full conclusions from a consistently atheistic position." http://bit.ly/6HbK0V Jean Paul Sartre: "Existentialism is not atheist in the sense that it would exhaust itself in…
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