Skip to main content
Princeton Mobile homeCourses home
Detail

What is Socialism? Literature and Politics

COM 207/ENG 207/GER 203

1224
Info tab content
This class introduces the historic diversity of socialisms through readings in classic socialist philosophy, literature and political writings. We are guided by these questions: How does socialism relate to communism and capitalism? How does it define democracy, equality, freedom, individuality, and collectivity? How does socialism relate to struggles for racial, gender and ecological justice? Are socialist ethics connected to religious traditions such as Christianity and Islam that teach human equality? What is the "social" in socialism? How may we understand injustices committed in socialism's name alongside its striving for social justice?
Instructors tab content
Sections tab content

Section L01

Section P01

Section P02

Section P03