Others in the Sphere
Literature
Writings from our peers, collaborators, and favorite authors.
Purgatorio
by Dante, translated by D.M. Black
A new award-winning translation of this classic, written by the psychoanalyst and poet, D.M. Black.
How God Works: The Science Behind the Benefits of Religion
by David DeSteno
Pioneering psychology professor David DeSteno demonstrates why religious practices and rituals are so beneficial to those who follow them—and to anyone, regardless of their faith (or lack thereof).
Dante and the Other: A Phenomenology of Love
by various authors, edited by Aaron B. Daniels
This book is a review from many scholars approaching Dante as a proto-phenomenologist, edited by our director himself.
Further Reading
Articles
Who is my neighbor? The temptation of ethical distancing
by David M. Goodman and Matthew Celemente
This research article uses Emmanuel Levinas’s ideas to explore ethical distancing, a tendency among human beings to not only neglect the needs of others but to build systems that justify that neglect.
The posthuman: Around the vanishing point of utopia
by Anna Bugajska
Chapter 15 from Utopian Thinking in Law, Politics, Architecture, and Technology, exploring a new idea of a utopia where humans may not be the main players.
Keywords: utopia, dystopia, posthumanism, transhumanism, and imagination
Dante, duality, and the function of allegory
by D.M. Black
“This paper looks at the function of the many dualities in Dante’s Divine Comedy … It suggests that these dualities give ‘allegorical’ ways of discussing two levels of values, both of which are necessary in an adequate vision of ethics, and two different sorts of love, both of which it is necessary in a fulfilled human life to encounter.”
Others in the Sphere
Danielsen Institute At Boston University
The purpose of the endowment at the inception of the Institute was to establish and maintain at Boston University a program of activity consisting of:
- an outpatient mental health clinic for persons in the greater Boston area;
- teaching and training of doctoral and postdoctoral students of pastoral counseling and ministry, clinical psychology, and counseling education; and
- research in human relations, psychotherapy, and ministry.
Analytic Room
ROOM: A Sketchbook for Analytic Action is an award-winning interdisciplinary magazine conceived as an agent of community building. ROOM offers a transdisciplinary approach to thinking about the complex problems in our world and invites a greater familiarity with psychoanalysis as a lens for social discourse. The magazine, which is free online and available for purchase in print, is published three times a year. An international Roundtable follows each issue, allowing readers and authors to deepen the conversation together. ROOM also holds poetry salons, an annual gala, and a bi-monthly podcast featuring ROOM contributors. The PEN World Voices Festival showcased ROOM as an “indie lit mag” that “honors the art of the possible and the power of storytelling to push boundaries, challenge inherent narratives, and give voice to hope.”
The London Arts-Based Research Centre
The LABRC is London’s first arts-based research organization which offers a wide range of inspiring projects, conferences, courses, workshops, as well as creative research opportunities for writers, scholars, academics and artists around the world.