Pentagon Curbs Use of Psychologists With Guantánamo Detainees

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Click Here to Read: Pentagon Curbs Use of Psychologists With Guantánamo Detainees by James Risen in The New York Times on December 31, 2015.

The United States prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2010. Psychologists no longer observe or are involved with detainee interviews at Guantánamo, or provide any feedback to the American military on detainee behavior.
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Contemporary Kleinian Case Discussion with Irma Brenman Pick at NYPSI

NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
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Wednesday, January 13, 2016, 8:15 p.m.
A clinical case discussion with distinguished visiting analyst Irma Brenman Pick
$15 General Admission, Free –
RSVP For Members & NYPSI Students

Mrs. Brenman Pick will discuss session material from her particular perspective as a leading Contemporary Kleinian analyst. There will be an opportunity for questions from the audience. Continue reading Contemporary Kleinian Case Discussion with Irma Brenman Pick at NYPSI

History Friday: Jacob Burckhardt

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Click Here to Read: Jacob Burckhardt on Wikipedia.

Click Here to Read: Jakob Burckhardt: Cultural history on the age of the sage website.

Click Here to Read: Jacob Burckhardt: The Renaissance revisited: Jacob Burckhardt rediscovered the Renaissance for the 19th century, viewing it shockingly as the dark and turbulent origin of modernity. Jonathan Jones hails his classic of cultural history on the Guardian website on July 9, 2010.

Click Here to Read The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt on the Gutenberg.org website. Continue reading History Friday: Jacob Burckhardt

Philosophy Thursday: Mozi

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Click Here to Read: Mozi on Wikipedia.

Click Here to Read:  Mozi on the Famous Philosophers.com website on August 1, 2013.

Click Here to Read: Mozi (Mo-tzu, c. 400s—300s B.C.E.) on the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy website.

Click Here to Read: Mohism on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy website.

Click Here to Read:  Mozi on Wikiquote.

Click Here to Read: Mozi in with English translation  by W. P. Mebon the Chinese Text Project Website. Continue reading Philosophy Thursday: Mozi

Will Self’s Kafka Journey: A Prague Walking Tour

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Click Here to Read: Will Self’s Kafka Journey: A Prague Walking Tour from London Review of Books (LRB) on YouTube.

Click Here to Read: Franz Kafka’s badly healed wounds, Review of Kafka: Die frühen Jahre by Reiner Stach, Reviewed by Carolin Duttlingner in The Times Literary Supplement on June 24, 2015.

Click Here to Read:  Viewing Franz Kafka Through Lens of his Sexuality Is Repressed Homosexuality Key To Understanding Work? By Peter Ephross in The Jewish Daily Forward on June 10, 2013. Continue reading Will Self’s Kafka Journey: A Prague Walking Tour