COLL: Ruthless Criticism: Marx and Marxi

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Thinkers in the Marxist tradition have grappled with topics as varied as colonialism, gender, race, art, sex, psychology, economics, medicine, ecology, and countless other issues. As such, this course makes no claim of being exhaustive; rather, it seeks to achieve three modest goals: to acquaint students with some key concepts in Marx’s sizable oeuvre, to familiarize students with some of the core debates of the field, and to demonstrate how of Marxist thought can help us make sense of some of today’s most pressing political issues, focusing particularly on Marxist analyses of climate crisis, and race and gender inequities.