Feb
28
1:30 PM13:30

Critical Legal Studies Conference 2020 @ Princeton

THE EXPERIENCE OF CLS: COMMUNITIES, CONTROVERSIES, REACTIONS

Prompted by plans to create a Critical Legal Studies Archive at the Princeton University Mudd Library, the conference will bring together those who participated in CLS in its heyday; key figures from contemporaneous movements in the US and abroad; and people interested today in this history and its contemporary significance.

 

The conference is free and open to the public, with registration - details and registration information can be found at https://clsconference.princeton.edu/.

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Jan
28
6:00 PM18:00

Book Talk and Reception with Author Peter Gabel

Come join us for a book talk with Peter Gabel
Tuesday, January 28 at 6 pm
Georgia Justice Project, 438 Edgewood Ave SE, Atlanta, GA

6pm: Book talk & discussion

Presented by Georgia Justice Project

This event is open to the public but seating is limited so registration is highly encouraged.
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/88708574735

Peter will discuss his new book about the longing in all of us for authentic human connection, and the social pathologies that inevitably develop when that longing is systematically denied. He will put forward a new vision of spiritual activism that can help to build a sustained social movement capable of evolutionary social change.

Limited free parking available at Georgia Justice Project and a mix of free and paid street & lot parking available in the neighborhood.
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Peter Gabel is the former president of New College of California and was a law professor at New College’s public-interest law school for over thirty years. He has been Editor-at-Large of Tikkun magazine for the last thirty years and is now co-chair of the Project for Integrating Spirituality, Law, and Politics. He is also currently president of the Arlene Francis Foundation for Spirit, Art and Politics in Santa Rosa, He is the author of many articles on law, politics, and social change; his previous books include The Bank Teller and Other Essays on the Politics of Meaning (Acada Books 2000); Another Way of Seeing: Essays on Transforming Law, Politics, and Culture (Quid Pro Books 2014). He received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from San Francisco State University in 2015 and has been described by Cornel West as “one of the grand prophetic voices in our day and a long-distance runner in the struggle for justice.”

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Book Talk and Reception with Author Peter Gabel
Apr
13
2:00 PM14:00

Book Talk and Reception with Author Peter Gabel

2pm Book talk & discussion
3pm Book signing with wine & cheese

Presented by Praxis Peace Institute

At a deep level we long to live in a world in which we can truly see one another's humanity and have this authentic humanity recognized in ourselves--yet we live in a world characterized by a fear of the other, a fear of each other, that can produce pathological nationalism, terrible wars, and class and racial hierarchies that are dehumanizing and despair-inducing.

Come hear Peter Gabel discuss his new book that seeks to analyze these phenomena with a particular focus on how they are manifested in the current political climate, and to propose a pathway forward for those committed to fundamental social change--a pathway based on what he calls "social-spiritual activism," activism that pursues a progressive agenda while also strengthening our ability to see one another as fully human presences, as embodiments of the sacred.

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New York Book Reading with Peter Gabel
Oct
18
6:30 PM18:30

New York Book Reading with Peter Gabel

Join lifelong social activist, philosopher, former president of New College of California, editor-at-large of the award winning Tikkun Magazine, and Open Center friend Peter Gabel for a discussion about his new book The Desire for Mutual Recognition: Social Movements and the Dissolution of the False Self. 

The event will take place on Thursday October 18th at 6:30pm in room 3A at the New York Open Center, 22 East 30th Street, NYC, and will be followed by a book signing and reception. 

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Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tea Room
Jun
25
6:00 PM18:00

Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tea Room

Since l982, Crazy Wisdom Bookstore has served as a center of information in the subjects of holistic health, bodymind therapies, psychology, Buddhism, alternative spiritual practices, spiritual development and consciousness.

Join Author and Social Activist Peter Gabel for an evening of conversation as he discusses his new book, The Desire For Mutual Recognition.

 

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Arlene Francis Center for Spirit, Art, and Politics
Jun
15
6:00 PM18:00

Arlene Francis Center for Spirit, Art, and Politics

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June 15, join Peter Gabel and the Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa as Peter shares his newest book "The Desire for Mutual Recognition. Social Movements and the Dissolution of the False Self"

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Author Peter Gabel examines the struggle between desire and alienation as it unfolds across our social world, calling for a new social-spiritual activism that can go beyond the limitations of existing progressive theory and action, intentionally foster and sustain our capacity to heal what separates us, and inspire a new kind of social movement that can transform the world.

Peter Gabel is the former president of New College of California and was for over thirty years a professor at its public-interest law school. He is a founder of the critical legal studies movement and the Project for Integrating Spirituality, Law, and Politics. Editor-at-Large of the progressive Jewish magazine Tikkun, he is the author of numerous books and articles on law, politics, and social change. He lives in San Francisco with his partner Lisa Jaicks, a union organizer for the hospitality workers union, and they have one son, Sam, 22, a hip-hop artist and emcee.

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