What you must do in this unit
- Review chapter 20 in the textbook, especially the section "Taking Sides: New Ideologies in Politics."
- Read my notes on Marxism.
- Study the Questions to Consider and the Key Terms for the week.
- Take the Midterm Exam.
What you can do in this unit
- Listen to some further information about this unit as a mp3 file. You can also read the information as a txt file.
Some videos that you can watch for this unit
- Economics Karl Marx
- Karl Marx
- The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels Part I
- Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33
- For extra credit please suggest to your instructor a relevant video for this unit of the course. Send the title of the video, the URL and a brief explanation of why you find the video interesting and applicable to the material that is being studied in this unit.
Extra Credit Options
- For up to 25 points of extra credit, explain what Marx meant when he stated that he "had stood Hegel on his head" (Or something to that extent) in a one-page paper.
- For up to 25 points of extra credit, in a one-page paper, compare and contrast the ideas of Marx with those of Charles Fourier (1772-1837), Theory of Social Organization, and Louis Blanc (1811-1882), The Organization of Labour.
- For up to 10 points of extra credit, read a smidgen of Prince Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921), Anarchism: Its Philosophy and Ideal, and comment on his conception of anarchism in a paragraph.
- For extra credit, please suggest a relevant website for this unit of the course. Send your instructor the title of the site, the URL and a brief explanation why you find the information interesting and applicable to the material being studied this unit.
Unit Learning Objectives
- Upon successful completion of this unit, you will be able to (1) Explain the major components of Marx' theory of socialism and (2) analyze a historical primary source.