2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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PHL 239 Marx and Marxisms


3 credits

This course will examine selected theoretical works written by Karl Marx as well as some of the varied legacies of Marxism that followed in their wake with specific attention given to the links that connect philosophy, science, history, economics, politics, society, and culture. Topics of consideration may include historical materialism as a methodology, analyses of the structure of capitalism, origins of exploitation, the relation between human nature and alienation, causes of false consciousness, approaches to ideology critique, the relation between political theory and political practice, forms of revolution, human freedom, emancipatory politics, socialist democracy, democratic socialism, or communism.

Prerequisite(s): PHL 100  or PHL 151  



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