Topics in Contemporary Analytic Marxism

This course familiarizes students with recent work in (analytic) Marxist philosophy. The course looks at a range of topics foundational to Marxism, such as how to understand some of Marxism's condemnations of Capitalist society; whether particular "Marxist methodologies" are valid, and whether Marxism is viable as a framework for understanding class and issues affecting other social identities. In particular, we look at debates about: exploitation, alienation, domination; immanent critique, functional explanation; class, Patriarchy, racism, imperialism; as well as other topics of particular importance in recent Marxist thought.