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GOVT396
From Hegel to Marx and Marcuse
GOVT396 SP
Next Offered in 9899 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.
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: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS GOVT
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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