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Topics in Political Strategy: End Times Fascism
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingVirtual EventReading GroupAs we head toward the US fall elections, the Topics in Political Strategy reading group will continue our mix of currently-published substantive analytical pieces and a monthly book-length treatment of important topics of political theory. Readings include 'We Still Here' by Marc Lamont Hill, and 'The Nerd Reich' by Gil Duran.
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Marx’s Capital, Volume I – A Short Course on Capitalist Production
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingVirtual EventReading GroupHave you always wanted to study Marx’s Capital, Vol 1, and hesitated because of the time commitment to read the entire volume from start to finish? Join us for a 12-week study group covering key sections of the book.
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Historical-Materialist Psychology: Vygotsky’s Contribution
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingReading GroupCarl Ratner presents a new edition of this six-week series, in which we explore Lev Vygotsky's approach to historical-materialist culture. Vygotsky (1896-1934) was a dedicated academic Marxist who was active in efforts during the revolutionary period to develop socialist cultural institutions and social sciences. He said, “We must learn from Marx’s whole method how to build a science, how to approach the investigation of the mind.”
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Hegel for Radicals: On Art and Literature
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingReading GroupFrancis Fukuyama proclaimed The End of History in the 1990’s; art critic Arthur C. Danto proclaimed The End of Art in the 1960s. The genesis of both concepts are credited to Hegel. The MEP’s recurring series Hegel for Radicals resumes with a seminar on Hegel’s Lectures on Aesthetics, where we will study his understanding of art and literature.
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Lefebvre Lecture 2: The Critique of Everyday Life
FeaturedOnline Event - Zoom MeetingVirtual EventReading GroupWe introduce the work of French Marxist theorist Henri Lefebvre through four monthly lectures presented by cultural studies scholar Iván Zatz-Díaz.
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