Lower-Division

HISC 80H Marxism

Advanced introduction to the main currents of Marxism from the 19th century to the present. Lectures and discussion address Marx's conceptions of capitalism, later attempts to theorize the political, and philosophical and aesthetic consequences of this critique.

Credits

5

Instructor

Gopal Balakrishnan

Quarter offered

Winter

HISC 80J Social Movements in the U.S.

Traces the history of social movements in the late 19th- and 20th-century U.S., including populism, labor, socialism, Communism, the New Left, civil rights, feminism. Looks at the relationship between cultures of protest and mainstream popular and political cultures.

Credits

5

Instructor

Barbara Epstein

HISC 80Q Science as Culture and Practice

Using tools from the analysis of social history, visual and material culture, narrative, and laboratory and field practices, introduces students to modern science, technology, and medicine studies. Examples come especially from 20th- and 21st-century life and human and information sciences.

Credits

5

Instructor

Donna Haraway

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Winter