POLI 306

Introduction to Marxism

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

An overview of the thought of Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels, focusing on its philosophical origins, key concepts and ideas of their historical materialism, critique of political economy, political theory and philosophy. The development of Marxism after Marx and Engels, particularly in the tradition of Western Marxism, will be traced in the case of each concept and idea.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 306, 406.

Undergraduate course in Political Science offered by the Department of Political Science in the Faculty of Social Sciences.