This course offers students an overview of some of the major theoretical questions of Marxist critical theory. Through focused reading of key texts, students will come to understand how major theorists of Marxism have thought about questions of representation, temporality, history, imperialism, indigeneity, decolonization, domesticity, and the State. We will begin with a study of classical concepts from 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 others. In addition to introducing students to classical Marxism, the course will also spend time studying Marxist feminism, Third World Marxism, and Marxism and Indigenous thought.
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
