POLS1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Immorality, Complex Interdependence, Peacebuilding
Lecture 3 - 15/03 - Marxism + Feminism
both explicitly normative - critical
Marxism
generally ignored for 20th century
October Russian revolution (workers movement) - advent of Socialist states - Soviet
Union
Blurring of politics and economics
marxist state could not deliver what it promised due to cold war- healthcare,
education, etc.
ideology came under criticism
rise of complex interdependence along with trade - between markets, across
boundaries - globalisation
Idea that issues impact upon other countries, e.g. stock market crash in NY affects
interest rates in Aus.
Marx wrote that capitalism is constantly revolutionising production, markets etc.
Capitalism reduces family to mere economic relations
free development of each = free development of all (communist idea)
Marx says nothing explicitly on IR
Marx supported by Engel
focused on politics of capitalism - what are political consequences of cap.?
Believes capitalism is morally bankrupt - must be pulled apart
wants to understand it in order to destroy the system
Separation of politics and economics is a liberal myth
believed politics is a reflection of underlying economic imperative
States-system is a political face of global capitalism
not good enough to focus on ideas/states/institutions, because they are
underpinned by capitalist mode of production
social structures matter more than ideas
Materialist method - we produce and give meanings to things in our world - even
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Document Summary
October russian revolution (workers movement) - advent of socialist states - soviet. Blurring of politics and economics marxist state could not deliver what it promised due to cold war- healthcare, education, etc. ideology came under criticism rise of complex interdependence along with trade - between markets, across boundaries - globalisation. Idea that issues impact upon other countries, e. g. stock market crash in ny affects interest rates in aus. Marx wrote that capitalism is constantly revolutionising production, markets etc. Capitalism reduces family to mere economic relations free development of each = free development of all (communist idea) Marx supported by engel focused on politics of capitalism - what are political consequences of cap. Believes capitalism is morally bankrupt - must be pulled apart wants to understand it in order to destroy the system. Separation of politics and economics is a liberal myth believed politics is a reflection of underlying economic imperative.
