PHIL 51830 Advanced Topics in Moral, Political & Legal Philosophy: MARX’S PHILOSOPHY AND 20TH-CENTURY MARXISM: HISTORY, ECONOMICS, THE STATE, IDEOLOGY
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LAWS 53256
The first half of the seminar will introduce some major themes of Marx’s philosophy—especially historical materialism, his economics and analysis of capitalism, his theory of ideology (especially as applied to morality and law), and the early Marx’s views on human nature and human flourishing—while the second half will consider the reception and development of Marx’s ideas about history, the state, ideology, and economics in 20th-century Continental European thought, with readings from, among others, Lukács, Adorno, Kojève, Hilferding, Luxemburg, Gramsci, and others.
Prerequisites
Instruction permission required for students outside the philosophy PhD program or the law school.