Karl Marx
This module acquaints students with the main ideas and arguments of Karl Marx, focusing on his critique of political economy. The main reading will be Marx’s own texts, and especially volume one of CAPITAL. What does critique of political economy mean, what is meant by dialectics and commodity fetishism, and how do we conceive of the relationships between economy and state, capital and labour and accumulation and crisis? However, since Marx’s work was dedicated to developing the critique of political economy we will begin by looking at classical political economy and, in particular, the work of Adam Smith.
Convenor: Prof. Werner Bonefeld
20 Credits
Procedural work: 1,500 essay due in week 8.
Assessment: One essay of 3000 words to be submitted on Monday of week 2 of Term 7
Links
Module guide (pdf)