Political Science

POLS3475Marx and Marxism (O)3 ch (3C) [W]
This course examines the formation and maturation of Marx's thought. It also explores Marx's enduring legacy in the 2nd international, the social democratic traditions of Europe and North America, post-WWI council communism. Western Marxism, Trotskyism, Marxist humanism, the New Left, and the socialist feminist tradition. It concludes with an assessment of the 21st -century left-wing movements ranging from 'occupy Wall Street' to 'green politics' through to 'American democratic socialism'.