PLTC295
Reading Marx, Rethinking Marxisms
Politics
BC
Subject code
PLTC
Course Number
295
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
Department/Program Faculty
Course Long Title
Reading Marx, Rethinking Marxisms
Description
Students practice different ways of reading and rethinking the work of Karl Marx. The first part of the course permits unrushed, close reading and discussion of Marx's best-known texts. The second part emphasizes recent efforts by critical theorists to revise the original doctrine without abandoning radical politics. Topics for reading and discussion include various Marxist feminisms, Marxist literary theory, and other Marxist interventions against capitalism.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]
Writing Credit
No writing credit
Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements
(PLTC: Political Economy), (PLTC: Phil., Lit., Legal St.)
INDS Program Relationship
IDEU - EUS Program
GEC This Course Belongs To
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