Contemporary universities combine traditions of academic freedom with traditions of expected political neutrality, of student and faculty activism with an ethos of separation from social demands, and a spirit of open scientific collaboration with actual restrictions and sanctions. In this course, we will consider the historical, philosophical, and social underpinning of these tensions.

An overview of Marxist social theory and epistemology as well as post-Marxist reactions (such as Frankfurt school, structuralist Marxism, Post-colonial theory, Feminist appraoches, Operaismo).

An overview of Marxist social theory and epistemology as well as post-Marxist reactions (such as Frankfurt school, structuralist Marxism, Post-colonial theory, Feminist appraoches, Operaismo).