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    The Works of Henri Lefebvre: Four Lectures

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    We introduce the work of French Marxist theorist Henri Lefebvre through four monthly lectures presented by cultural studies scholar Iván Zatz-Díaz.

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  • Lev Vygotsky

    Historical-Materialist Psychology: Vygotsky’s Contribution

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    Carl Ratner presents a new edition of this six-week series, in which we explore Lev Vygotsky's approach to historical-materialist culture. Vygotsky (1896-1934) was a dedicated academic Marxist who was active in efforts during the revolutionary period to develop socialist cultural institutions and social sciences. He said, “We must learn from Marx’s whole method how to build a science, how to approach the investigation of the mind.”

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  • Topics in Political Strategy: End Times Fascism

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    As we head toward the US fall elections, the Topics in Political Strategy reading group will continue our mix of currently-published substantive analytical pieces and a monthly book-length treatment of important topics of political theory. Readings include 'We Still Here' by Marc Lamont Hill, and 'The Nerd Reich' by Gil Duran.

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  • ‘The Future of Revolution’ with Jasper Bernes

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    How might a twenty-first-century revolution against class society succeed? Join us for a conversation with Jasper Bernes, author of The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising. Communism comes from the future, but its hopes haunt our past. Bernes reads the revolutionary history of workers' councils and communes in the light of thinkers from Karl Marx to Paul Mattick and C.L.R. James.

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  • Hegel for Radicals: On Art and Literature

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    Francis Fukuyama proclaimed The End of History in the 1990’s; art critic Arthur C. Danto proclaimed The End of Art in the 1960s. The genesis of both concepts are credited to Hegel. The MEP’s recurring series Hegel for Radicals resumes with a seminar on Hegel’s Lectures on Aesthetics, where we will study his understanding of art and literature.

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