2018 - 2019

0618-4899-01
  Marx's Concept of Man                                                                                
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Prof. Zvi TauberGilman-humanities362àTue1200-1400 Sem  1
Gilman-humanities362àTue1200-1400 Sem  1
 
 
University credit hours:  4.0

Course description

Course Objectives: Introducing Marx' humanistic thought, its origins and problems.

Course Topics: The Hegelian background of Marx' philosophy; Marxism as anthropological philosophy and a theory of emancipation; Man as producer and "species-being", the concept of labour; The historical materialism and its problems; The alienated labour, fetishism of commodity and the reification of Man; Concepts of "justice" and their negations; The abolition of the state; The "Kingdom of Necessity" and the "Kingdom of Freedom".

Method of Teaching: Introductory lectures, guided reading, classroom discussion and personal tutoring for writing seminar papers.

Main Texts: Marx' Early Writings.

A Bibliography of primary and secondary literature will be distributed at the beginning of the semester.

Student Assignment: A seminar or referat paper.

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