marxist economics at university's

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Hi there,

I wonder if there are somekind of degrees\educations of some sort regarding marxist economics.(at cuban university's for example)

Would be great for me as I am interested in economics and would please my parents a bit.

So if there's anyone who knows more, it would be great of course

Viva el Comunismo,

Simon O.

[which doctor]

I believe Duke and California Riverside offer a minor or certificate or something like that in Marxist Studies.

[Djehuti]

Autonomist marxist professor Harry Cleaver teaches on marxism and marxist economics at the University of Texas at Austin. http://www.eco.utexas.edu/~hmcleave/ (http://www.eco.utexas.edu/%7Ehmcleave/)




Student Comments on Eco 357k Introduction to Marxian Economics Fall 2007

http://www.eco.utexas.edu/~hmcleave/357kstudentcomments2007.html

[BIG BROTHER]

lol I would never have expected that in a place like texas.

[Demogorgon]

I think most Universities in the UK will have Marxists on their economics faculty. I know Marxism is taught at Glasgow University, though only at honours level.

Academic Marxism is ironically actually going quite strong. Outside of right wing dictatorships, you will pretty much always be able to see Marxist teachers at University.

[which doctor]

I think most Universities in the UK will have Marxists on their economics faculty. I know Marxism is taught at Glasgow University, though only at honours level.

Academic Marxism is ironically actually going quite strong. Outside of right wing dictatorships, you will pretty much always be able to see Marxist teachers at University.
That is very true. The problem with the popularity of Marxism amongst academics is just that, academic Marxism. The school I'll be going to has a class called Marxist Approaches to Anthropology and I believe one other class on Marxism.

[Schrödinger's Cat]

I don't think there's many places you can go where you'll find a major in Marxist theory. If you're interested in becoming a teacher, how about pursuing a degree in economics so that you can see what you're going up against? I would balance out the propaganda with Marxist classes and groups, though. :)

[Os Cangaceiros]

I've never taken an Economics class (yet), but my Cultural Studies/Analysis teacher was a Marxist. The whole course was basically a primer on Adorno, Gramsci, and all of those characters. We also learned about dialectics, "base-superstructure", etc.

I thought it was a fun class. I got an A in it. :)

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I don't know how that system works over there in the US
so there more like classes\lessons as part of an education(don't know how it's called over there) and not an economic education all based on marxism?

In cuba for example the economic studies would be completly different, at least for a large part, and influencend by marxist views.
of course this raised a few other questions like:

-am i talking shit?
-is it possible for foreigners to go to take up a studie over there?
(i saw something like spanish lessons for europeans who wan't to spend some time in cuba)
-does the state have something to say about it, and in what way?
(I think so, but that doesn't mean anything)
-and are those studies only advisable for cuba rather than international?
-is there a cuban here on revleft?

[Hit The North]

Academic Marxism is actually in quite a marginalized position these days. However, if you want to study it at University as a core paradigm within your subject, your best hope is doing either sociology or cultural studies where it just about hangs on. Economics syllabuses, in my experience, are almost unremittingly hostile to Marx (if he's acknowledged at all).

[bezdomni]

University of Massachusetts at Amherst has some notable "heterodox economist" professors. I think Amherst College is also well known for touting Marxian economics as well.


lol I would never have expected that in a place like texas.
University of Texas at Austin is awesome.

[BIG BROTHER]

I don't know how that system works over there in the US
so there more like classes\lessons as part of an education(don't know how it's called over there) and not an economic education all based on marxism?

In cuba for example the economic studies would be completly different, at least for a large part, and influencend by marxist views.
of course this raised a few other questions like:

-am i talking shit?
-is it possible for foreigners to go to take up a studie over there?
(i saw something like spanish lessons for europeans who wan't to spend some time in cuba)
-does the state have something to say about it, and in what way?
(I think so, but that doesn't mean anything)
-and are those studies only advisable for cuba rather than international?
-is there a cuban here on revleft?

I know that in Cuba you can study to become a doctor, if you are a low income student. They'll accept you even if you're from the U.S.

As far as I know there are no Cubans on revleft. Cuba has the lowest internet acces in America(and i mean the real America no the U.S.). Only turists and gov't officials can have more acces to it. The rest of the Cuban population has to go to a few expensive cyber-caffes(i probably fucked up in the spelling:D)

The few that do have acces to internet are most likely to resent the goverment or be pro-capitalists journalists.