Book Series
This year the New York Society for Ethical Culture is supporting three book discussion groups:
- Classic Great Books Discussion Series
- Ethical Culture Reading Discussion Group
- Great Books Discussion Series: Great Conversations II
Classic Great Books Discussion Series
First Wednesdays of the Month - 7:30 P.M.
September 2009 - June 2010
| Date | Readings |
|---|---|
| September 2 | Anton Chekhov, Rothschild’s Fiddle* Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract |
| October 7 | Aristotle, On Happiness Plato, The Apology* |
| November 4 | Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness* |
| December 2 | Immanuel Kant, Conscience Bible, Genesis |
| January 6 | Karl Marx, Alienated Labor Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents |
| February 3 | William Shakespeare, Othello* |
| March 3 | Alexis de Tocqueville, The Power of the Majority Georg Simmel, Individual Freedom |
| April 7 | David Hume, Of Justice and Injustice Sophocles, Antigone* Charles Darwin, The Moral Sense of Man and the Lower Animals |
| May 5 | TBA |
| June 2 | TBA |
- * Complete work
- Approximately 100 pages reading monthly
- New participants may join the group at any time during the year
- Annual tuition, books, and refreshments:
- Members $30.00
- Nonmembers $40.00
- For further information, call:
- Larry Schiff at 917-749-0695 or
- Peter Boysen at 212-764-3645
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Ethical Culture Reading Discussion Group
Second Wednesdays of the Month - 3:00 P.M.
September 9, 2009 - June 9, 2010
| Date | Readings |
|---|---|
| September 9 | Carlos Fuentes, The Years with Laura Diaz |
| October 14 | Geraldine Brooks, March |
| November 11 | Benjamin Markovits, A Quiet Adjustment |
| December 9 | Joseph O'Neill, Netherland |
| January 13 | Per Patterson, Out Stealing Horses |
| February 10 | A. B. Yehoshua, Friendly Fire: A Duet |
| March 10 | Phillip Roth, Exit Ghost |
| April 14 | Alice Hoffman, The Third Angel |
| May 12 | Anne Enright, The Gathering (2007 Man Booker prize) |
| June 9 | Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss |
ECRDG offers the stimulation of a reading discussion group and the companionship that flows from it.
- Members no charge
- Nonmembers $10 annual fee
- Ileane Silver at 212-749-9566 or
- May Del Rio Dorfman at 212-243-5749
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Great Books Discussion Series: Great Conversations II
Third Wednesdays of the month - 7:30 P.M.
September 2009 - June 2010
Facilitators: Dr. Norma Hymes and Bob Havlena
| Date | Readings |
|---|---|
| September 16 | John M. Synge, The Playboy of the Western World |
| October 21 | Friedrich Hayek, Planning and Democracy (from The Road to Serfdom |
| November 18 | John Rawls, "Distributive Justice" (from Collected Papers) |
| December 16 | Frank O'Connor, Guests of the Nation |
| January 20 | Nadine Gordimer, Which New Era Would That Be? |
| February 17 | Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love |
| March 17 | Mary Shelley, Frankenstein |
| April 21 | Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem |
| May 19 | TBA |
| June 16 | TBA |
- Books are now available at the New York Society for Ethical Culture
- For more information please call the Leaders' office at 212-874-5210, ext. 118; Norma Hymes at 212-787-7234; or Bob Havlena at 718-426-8046
- Annual tuition, books, and refreshments:
- Members $30.00
- Nonmembers $40.00
- $15 discount if you already have the Great Books Great Conversation II book
