This course offers students an overview of some of the major theoretical questions聽of Marxist critical theory. Through focused reading of key texts, students will come聽to understand how major theorists of Marxism have thought about questions of representation, temporality, history, imperialism, indigeneity, decolonization,聽domesticity, and the State. We will begin with a study of classical concepts from聽the work of Karl Marx, before moving on to discuss work by theorists such as V.I. Lenin, Antonio Gramsci, Frantz Fanon, Glen Coulthard, Fredric Jameson, and聽others. In addition to introducing students to classical Marxism, the course will聽also spend time studying Marxist feminism, Third World Marxism, and Marxism and Indigenous thought.聽
No prior knowledge is assumed. Open to students from all disciplines who possess third-year standing.
Instructor: Prof. Jessica Copley
Contact:
Rachelle Wiebe | rachelle.wiebe@uleth.ca | 4033292378
