GER 5610 is also offered in Spring 2023
GER 5610 is also offered in Fall 2022
GER 5610 is also offered in Spring 2022
Fall 2017 | GER 5610 Section 001: German Literature in Translation -- Reading Marx (34931)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Meets With:
POL 5210 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 435
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Study in depth of authors or topics from various periods in German literature. Requires no knowledge of German. prereq: No knowledge of German required; cr toward major or minor requires reading in German
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?mrothe+GER5610+Fall2017
- Class Description:
This seminar will make you familiar with Marx' key texts such as the "Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts", "German Ideology" or "Capital". Moreover, we will explore Marx Hegelian legacy, the formation of Marxism through the debates with the left Hegelians and inquire into key moments of the history of (theoretical) Marxism (Georg Lukács and Karl Korsch, the Frankfurt School, Michel Foucault and the New Marx Reading of the 1960s in Germany). Throughout, this course will put the pertinence of Marx' analytical tools to the test, discussing various attempts to update concepts such as class, labor, societal totality, crisis or revolution.
- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Advanced Undergraduates and Graduate Students interested in German intellectual history and in particular, in Critical Theory. This course does not presupposes prior knowledge of Marx. It will be conducted in English.
- Learning Objectives:
- master of mode of inquiry (Marxism) and understand its history and interdependence with broader societal developments
- Grading:
- 50% Essays
50% Class Participation
- Workload:
- 30 to 80 pages reader per week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34931/1179
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 February 2017
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2017 German Classes