Contributor Archive: Simon Hewitt
Rusticating Marx
No more Marxism on the Cambridge syllabus
by Simon Hewitt / RP 191 (May/Jun 2015) / News
In March the Philosophy Faculty at Cambridge removed a course on Marxism from its syllabus. This was in spite of significant opposition, including two student-led petitions. Along with another course on Power this constituted the entire coverage of non-liberal political philosophy, leaving coverage of questions about human society dominated by the liberal tradition.
Rusticating Marx
No more Marxism on the Cambridge syllabusby Simon Hewitt / RP 191 (May/Jun 2015) / News
In March the Philosophy Faculty at Cambridge removed a course on Marxism from its syllabus. This was in spite of significant opposition, including two student-led petitions. Along with another course on Power this constituted the entire coverage of non-liberal political philosophy, leaving coverage of questions about human society dominated by the liberal tradition.