We Are All Greek Eli Zaretsky — June 30, 2015 (This post was republished in its entirety from Public Seminar) During the thirties Edmund Wilson recalled his reaction to the stock market crash of 1929 as “not depressing but stimulating. One couldn’t help being exhilarated by the sudden unexpected collapse of that stupid, gigantic fraud.”
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Economization of the Social at The New School
On June 5th and 6th, The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and the Robert L. Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies at The New School for Social Research sponsored a weekend conference entitled, “The Economization of the Social since the 1970s.” The event featured a number of illustrious attendees and presenters from a wide array of disciplines
Julia Ott Radio Interview: “What Money Can’t Buy”
New School Professor Julia Ott was recently interviewed by Boston’s Public Radio station for their program “Open Source with Christopher Lydon.” The episode is entitled “What Money Can’t Buy” and can be listened to online here.
Darrick Hamilton Op-Ed: “Fate and Funding of HBCUs”
New School Professor Darrick Hamilton recently authored an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal Constitution entitled, “As Morehouse and Spelman graduate, consider fate and funding of HBCUs.” Coauthored with Carolyn Ash, New School Alum Alan Aja, and William “Sandy” Darity, Jr, the article (available here) argues that, “As long as the dramatic racial wealth gap persists, enhanced
Darrick Hamilton TV Interview
New School Professor Darrick Hamilton was recently interviewed on Arise TV to talk about the role of neighborhoods in determining income mobility. The interview can be viewed here.
Lauren O’Neill Butler – “On the Regulation of Sexualities”
On the Regulation of Sexualities Lauren O’Neill-Butler — May 6, 2015 (This post was republished in its entirety from Public Seminar) A set of well-executed arguments in Judith Butler’s essay “Merely Cultural” (1997) and Nancy Fraser’s response to it present a springboard from which we should analyze a crucial link between the social regulation of
Darrick Hamilton published and cited
New School Professor Darrick Hamilton’s work has recently been utilized in two publications. One, in which his work has been cited, is in the American Prospect here, and the other, which is part of a Boston Fed Discussion Series on Community Development is available here.
Jeffrey Goldfarb – “OOPS vs MOOCs: Midterm Report, Part 2”
O.O.P.S. vs M.O.O.C.s: Midterm Report, Part 2 Jeffrey Goldfarb — April 27, 2015 (This post was republished in its entirety from Public Seminar) The Social Condition © vbecker | Flickr The O.O.P.S. courses, Rethinking Capitalism and Feminism, Capitalism and Social Transformation, share a critical understanding: capitalism, as we are experiencing it, is undesirable and not
Jeffrey Goldfarb – “Andreas Kalyvas on the Critical Situation in Greece and Europe”
Andreas Kalyvas on the Critical Situation in Greece and Europe Jeffrey Goldfarb — April 24, 2015 (This post was republished in its entirety from Public Seminar) Andreas Kalyvas and I sat down the other day to discuss the situation of Greece and Europe. He and I have been talking about politics for years, in Wroclaw,
Event Video: “The New School Divested. Now What?”
The New School’s Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility recently put on a panel event entitled, “The New School Divested. Now What?” The event, which was recorded and is now available online here, discussed The New School’s recent commitment to divest from fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas), but went further to ask how the university