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From Hegel to Marx and Marcuse
GOVT396 SP

Freedom, necessity, and liberation in the political thought of G.W.F. Hegel, Karl Marx, and Hebert Marcuse. The development of human self-consciousness in history; the ethical structure of the state, civil society, and the family; critical theory of the structure of production; eros and the challenge to work and family; politics, culture, and the possibilities of revolution will be covered.

MAJOR READINGS

Hegel, PHILOSOPHY OF RIGHT; LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY Marx, "Critique of Hegel's PHILOSOPHY OF RIGHT;" "On the Jewish Question;" ECONOMIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL MANUSCRIPTS Marx & Engels, GERMAN IDEOLOGY; COMMUNIST MANIFESTO Marx, CAPITAL Marcuse, REASON AND REVOLUTION; HEGEL AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL THEORY; EROS AND CIVILIZATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MAN; AN ESSAY ON LIBERATION Secondary works: Shlomo Avineri, HEGEL'S THEORY OF THE MODERN STATE; SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT OF KARL MARX Lucio Colletti, "From Hegel to Marcuse," in FROM ROUSSEAU TO LENIN J.N.Findlay, THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEGEL D.Howard & K. Klare, eds., THE UNKNOWN DIMENSION. EUROPEAN MARXISM SINCE LENIN Leonard Krieger, THE GERMAN IDEA OF FREEDOM Alasdair MacIntyre, ed., HEGEL Z.A. Pelcyzynski, ed., THE STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY Charles Taylor, HEGEL AND MODERN SOCIETY

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

One short paper and class presentation, based on the reading for class; one term paper (15-20 pp.) comparing two of the theorists on a topic of your choosing.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS GOVT    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000


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