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Chapter 8 Learning ObjectivesAfter reading this chapter, students should be able to:
- identify the major strains of neo-Marxian theory;
- elaborate on the various points of emphasis within each variant of neo-Marxian theory;
- identify the contributions of each of the variants to the Marxist oeuvre;
- explain the ways in which various neo-Marxist theorists have criticized Marx and the subsequent Marxist literature;
- identify the important Hegelian Marxists and discuss their use of Marx;
- discuss the foundations of critical theory and elaborate on its various critiques;
- discuss Immanuel Wallerstein's historical Marxism;
- identify and discuss the major scholars associated with the spatial turn in neo-Marxian theory, and the bases of this turn;
- identify and discuss the premises of post-Marxist theory, including its aims and influences; and
- describe the arguments about the continuing vitality of Marxian thought, as well as about its "death."
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