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    The Aesthetics of Resistance: Art and Fascism in the 1930s

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    Join weekly sessions of the MEP Literature Group this fall to read The Aesthetics of Resistance, the masterwork of German author Peter Weiss. This trilogy of historical novels opens in 1937 and details the interactions of the narrator and his peers and family with historical figures of the European left engaged in the fight against ... Read more

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  • Adam Smith and ‘The Wealth of Nations’ Book 2

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    Read and discuss the works of Adam Smith in this ongoing study group. The group is currently reading Book 2 of Smith's 'The Wealth of Nations', which takes up the nature and functioning of capital.

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  • Hegel’s Preface to the ‘Phenomenology’

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    This eight-session course with Alex Steinberg concludes our ongoing studies of Hegel's mysterious work, The Phenomenology of Spirit. We will do a close reading of the Preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit, a work that can be read on its own and is considered the most succinct and comprehensive statement of Hegel's philosophy. These sessions ... Read more

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    Marx’s Capital, Volume I – A Short Course on Capitalist Production

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    Have you always wanted to study Marx’s Capital, Vol 1, and hesitated because of the time commitment to read the entire volume from start to finish? Join us for a 12-week study group covering key sections of the book.

  • Slavery and Capitalism: A Book Talk by David McNally

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    Join us for a book talk by David McNally on his recently published Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History. McNally injects new life into Karl Marx’s writings on enslavement and labor, presenting a new, systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character of Atlantic slavery—using colonial travel literature, planter records and diaries, and slave narratives—to ... Read more

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  • Slavery and Capitalism: A Reading Group

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    Join us for a five-session reading group on David McNally's recently published Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History. McNally's book presents a systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character of Atlantic slavery to support the provocative claim that enslaved labor in the plantation system is a form of capitalist commodity production. Weaving together history, ... Read more

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