AESTHETIC REALISM AND ANTHROPOLOGY CLASS

Here's the schedule for the new (Autumn 2006) series of anthropology classes at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation. I call this series "Anthropology As Elemental and Kind." And the reason is, the Aesthetic Realism understanding of anthropology shows in scientific and surprising ways how thoroughly akin we are to all people, because of the elemental structure all selves have in common, a structure of opposites, including pain and pleasure, welcoming and repulsion, practicality and a sense of beauty. We'll discuss why it’s important, crucial, necessary--and aesthetically pleasing--to know this. --Arnold Perey, PhD

This class meets alternate Wednesdays, 6-7:30 PM, at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation in New York City.

• September 20.... Anthropology at Its Simplest — and Your Place in It

• October 4.... What Should Children Know about Anthropology?

• October 18.... The Evolution of Speech: Self-Expression and Raw Survival

• November 1.... Africa’s Blombos Cave: Were the First People in History Anything Like Us?

• November 18.... SATURDAY [ not Wednesday, Nov 15 ]

We meet with The Visual Arts and the Opposites class to see the show, “Coaxing the Spirits to Dance: The Art of the Papuan Gulf” at 11 AM, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• November 29.... How Sameness and Difference Fight and Add to Each Other in the U.S.A.

• December 13.... Do Opposites Unite You to Everyone? Students Speak on their findings


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