Marx in the 21st Century

What would a Marxism for the 21st century look like? Our seminar will examine the contemporary viability of Marx's fundamental concepts - such as labor, exploitation, ideology, and revolution. How must these concepts be reimagined to account for the specific shape of contemporary capitalism? What can Marxism learn from forms of critical thought that have emerged more recently, especially those concerned with race and gender? Subtopics include student-debt, social media and communicative capitalism, eco-Marxism, #Blacklivesmatter, Occupy Wall Street.