Aaron Jaffe

Aaron Jaffe is a Ph.D. Candidate in Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in Manhattan and is writing his dissertation on Marx's theory of alienation from the species-being (Gattungswesen). He lives in Brooklyn and is an instructor in the liberal arts at Juilliard College.

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January 11, 2012

Foreclosed, Reopened

By Aaron Jaffe On January 11, 2012 In Dispatches, Occupy With No Comments Permalink

The signs of vacated communities are obtrusive: overgrown lawns, “for lease” signs, real-estate advertisements—or in the strange case of ZuccottiMore…

December 7, 2011

Occupy the Opera

By Aaron Jaffe On December 7, 2011 In Dispatches With 1 Comment Permalink

Since the eviction of the Occupy Wall Street protesters at Zuccotti Park, occupiers in New York have twice taken over space at Lincoln Center in conjunction with some fortuitously timed operas.