Platypus at Communist Party of Great Britain (PCC) Communist University 2011, London
Communist University took place August 13-20, 2011
Goldsmiths, University of London
Raymont Hall
63 Wickham Road
London SE4 1LX
Platypus Affiliated Society members presented as follows:
Tuesday, August 16, 4:45PM-7PM
• Chris Cutrone, "Capital in history: Marxism and the modern philosophy of freedom"Â
audio recording
Marx on "becoming" [PDF handout]
Friday, August 19, 10AM-12:30PM
• Spencer Leonard, "Marx's critique of political economy: proletarian socialism continuing the bourgeois revolution?"
audio recording
Recommended background readings:
Cutrone, "Capital in history: the need for a Marxian philosophy of history of the Left" (2008)
Cutrone, "The Marxist hypothesis: a response to Alain Badiou's 'communist hypothesis'" (2010)
Background reading compiled from recent engagements between the CPGB and Platypus can be found at: /wp-content/uploads/2011/08/macnairmike_platypuscritique_may-august2011_081111.pdf or /wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cpgbcontraplatypus081111.pdf
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