SS-319 Karl Marx in Context

3 Credits

This course will be an exploration of the work of Karl Marx in its social and intellectual context. Students will gain a familiarity with Marx’s writings on a wide range of subjects, as well as directly encounter with Marx’s work and the many “Marxisms” and interpretations of Marx that have emerged since his death. Readings include The German Ideology, The 1844 Manuscripts, Grundrisse, Capital, The Eighteenth Brumaire, and Marx’s doctoral dissertation and his Anthropological Notebooks, correspondence, interviews with Marx, and contemporary critical accounts.