College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Marxism and Post-Structuralism
Module POL3170 for 2016/7
Module POL3170 for 2016/7
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3170: Marxism and Post-Structuralism
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Overview
| NQF Level | 6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Credits | 30 | ECTS Value | 15 |
| Term(s) and duration | This module ran during term 1 (11 weeks) and term 2 (11 weeks) | ||
| Academic staff | Professor Iain Hampsher-Monk (Convenor) | ||
| Pre-requisites | None | ||
| Co-requisites | None | ||
| Available via distance learning | No | ||
In this module you will critically appraise Marx’s analysis of capitalism in within its philosophical context. You will consider the continuing viability of that analysis in the light of subsequent developments in capitalism and bourgeois economic theory, the collapse of really existing communism in 1989, the resurgence of nationalism, globalisation and the financial crisis of 2008-9.
You will also outline some recent and contemporary post-structuralist philosophical positions as they relate themselves to the Marxist inheritance.
| Module created | 1.10.2011 | Last revised | 27.2.12 |
|---|
