The breakdown of the marking for the assignments will be as follows: Weekly one-page reflections 10 percent Participation in discussions 10 percent Leadership of discussion 10 percent Term paper 70 percent There are two books that are required for the course and available in the UBC Bookstore: David Harvey, (: Press, 2003) The New Imperialism J. K. Gibson-Graham, The End of Capitalism (as we knew it): a Feminist Critique of Political (: , 2006) Economy All other readings will be in a packet that will be available via the instructors, in the Geographic Information Center (GIC), Geography 112, and/or will be available for download on-line, through the UBC library web site or other web sites. Weekly Please note that we list both the required readings, as well as recommended readings. You do not need to consult immediately the recommended readings, but we list them both for your future reference and in helping you get started tracking down additional readings for your term paper. Week 1 (September 13) Marxist political economy I: Marx Topic: Karl Marx, volume I, chapter 1 to a Required reading: Capital “Commodities” (); “Preface Critique of Political (); and of Economy” “The Eighteenth Brumaire Louis Bonaparte” (). There is an enormous amount of writing by both Marx and various Recommended reading: Marxist scholars. The complete works of Marx and Engels, as well as of “classically”-oriented many other Marxists, are available at the marxists.org archive. For an understanding of some of the core themes in and for an understanding of in this work, the Capital, Marx’s general project following commentaries are also invaluable: Roman Rosdolsky, The Making of Capital; Marx’s Ben Fine and Alfredo Saad-Filho, Harry Cleaver, Capital; Reading Capital Politically; Marx’s David Harvey, A Companion to Marx’s Capital. Week 2 (September 20) Marxist political economy of Marx Topic: II: ’s spatialization David Harvey, chapter chapter Required reading: The New Imperialism, 3, “Capital Bondage”; by chapter to David Harvey, The 4, “Accumulation Dispossession”; 5, “Consent Coercion”;
The breakdown of the marking for the assignments will be as follows: Weekly one-page reflections 10 percent Participation in discussions 10 percent Leadership of discussion 10 percent Term paper 70 percent There are two books that are required for the course and available in the UBC Bookstore: David Harvey, The New Imperialism (: Press, 2003) J. K. Gibson-Graham, The End of Capitalism (as we knew it): a Feminist Critique of Political Economy (: , 2006) All other readings will be in a packet that will be available via the instructors, in the Geographic Information Center (GIC), Geography 112, and/or will be available for download on-line, through the UBC library web site or other web sites. Weekly Please note that we list both the required readings, as well as recommended readings. You do not need to consult immediately the recommended readings, but we list them both for your future reference and in helping you get started tracking down additional readings for your term paper. Week 1 (September 13) Topic: Marxist political economy I: Marx Required reading: Karl Marx, Capital volume I, chapter 1 “Commodities” (); “Preface to a Critique of Political Economy” (); and “The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte” (). Recommended reading: There is an enormous amount of writing by both Marx and various “classically”-oriented Marxist scholars. The complete works of Marx and Engels, as well as of many other Marxists, are available at the marxists.org archive. For an understanding of some of the core themes in Capital, and for an understanding of Marx’s general project in this work, the following commentaries are also invaluable: Roman Rosdolsky, The Making of Marx’s Capital; Ben Fine and Alfredo Saad-Filho, Marx’s Capital; Harry Cleaver, Reading Capital Politically; David Harvey, A Companion to Marx’s Capital. Week 2 (September 20) Topic: Marxist political economy II: ’s spatialization of Marx Required reading: David Harvey, The New Imperialism, chapter 3, “Capital Bondage”; chapter 4, “Accumulation by Dispossession”; chapter 5, “Consent to Coercion”; David Harvey, The
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