Social Philosophy Book Club

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IN-PERSON EVENT in Downtown Phoenix To sign up, please click here for our official website

Are you curious about the real origins of famous social movements that are often quoted (and misquoted) online, in the news, and in person? Do you hear words like "anarchy," "communism," "socialism," and other tropes and wonder what these movements are supposed to represent, and whether or not we're discussing them with proper context?

Mike Oppenheim, creator and host of the Let's Learn Philosophy Collaboration is proud to announce a new, monthly book club that will explore the "origin stories" of popular social movements that our modern culture still debates, vilifies, and praises today.

Most of our books are 100+ years old, so you can read or listen for free!

We're kicking things off in November with Mathew Arnold's notorious text, Cultural and Anarchy. Weighing in at 220 pages, this classic text is a defense and promotion of culture as a solution to the issues that plague humanity. We'll meet and discuss the text, its implications, and how it affected us with casual candor. This is not a debate club!

To read/listen to the text, I suggest these three free sources:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYig2QOz1UM

• https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4212

• https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/matthew-arnold/culture-and-anarchy

SEATS ARE LIMITED! This event costs $5, with unlimited coffee & tea. To sign up, please click here for our official website

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