Independent Study: The Philosophy of Marx and Marxism (original) (raw)
[Syllabus] "Karl Marx" (Spring 2015)
Course Description SS.490 Karl Marx This course will be an exploration of the work of Karl Marx. Because too often Marx is more often mentioned rather than read, the readings for the course will be drawn from his actual works and to some degree those of his collaborator and friend Friedrich Engels. Students will gain a familiarity with Marx’s writings on a wide range of subjects, as well as a direct encounter with Marx’s thought that will allow them to begin to come to their own conclusions about the many “Marxisms” and interpretations of Marx that have filled the period since his death in 1883 and that even during his life led Marx to rebuke some of his admirers by declaring that “what is certain is that I myself am not a Marxist.” Readings may include The German Ideology, The 1844 Manuscripts, Grundrisse, Capital, Dissertation, The Eighteenth Brumaire, and Marx’s Anthropological Notebooks, correspondence, interviews with Marx, and contemporary critical accounts. It is important to keep in mind that this course is only a single semester and so it can only serve as an introduction to an extensive and varied body of work. Our primary purpose here is to allow you to begin an engagement that, for the fortunate, lasts a lifetime. Room: Eng 311 Meeting Time: Wednesday 2:00-4:50pm Department of Social Science & Cultural Studies Pratt Institute
1997
This is the outline which guided my programme of research into the work of Karl Marx between 1992 and 1997. I intend to publish the full text in the near future. I provide links at the bottom to the doctoral work I proceeded to write and publish on the basis of this research programme.