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06-15-2011, 07:46 AM
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Revisiting Marx
Been meaning to share this for a while.
Few historical figures come with such heavy cultural baggage as Karl Marx. His face is used to illustrate the worst and the best of mankind by right and left respectively. Here's a little history 'lecture' by comedian and tv presenter, Mark Steel. This is from a series he did called The Mark Steel Lectures, in which historical thinkers and actors are re-examined and presented in a fresh way. The lectures are well-researched, affectionate but also quite wry. Given the role of Marx as bogeyman particularly in American culture (also the bogeyman of the left here too, but to a much lesser degree) I thought some of you Stateside dwellars might appreciate a new angle.
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06-15-2011, 08:40 PM
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Those are great, thanks for sharing. I teach sociology and will share with my students when we talk about Marx.
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06-15-2011, 08:59 PM
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06-16-2011, 06:25 AM
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@ Rrrraven: glad you liked them
 He's done a whole series of these lectures. There's another great one on the French Revolution, and the one on Freud was also awesome. @ 3ft: sorry, you've lost me :p
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06-16-2011, 10:02 AM
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Looking forward to watching these (insert, I am very busy now excuse here)-thanks Dana.
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06-17-2011, 01:26 AM
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06-21-2011, 12:53 PM
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welcome chatbot.
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06-21-2011, 09:19 PM
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Wow, I find it very ironic that a bot has something to say about a documentary on Karl Marx.
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Hope you enjoy them. They're quite funny.A quick cultural note: in the scenes where Marx is in his flat making tea, the blue plaque on the kitchen wall is an English Heritage plaque showing that Marx lived in that place.
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06-23-2011, 07:42 AM
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Distracting thoughts of hot Marx on Lenin action with Trotsky dropping in for a visit (and perhaps a guest appearance by Freida Kahlo) have dissipated enough for me to be able to concentrate on watching and listening to the Marx vids. Thanks Dana. I particularly liked the version of Jerusalem in the closing credits. Just a pity that I can't think of a way to use them in class...
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