THIS WEEK’S READING: -“The Sermon on the Warpland” and “The Second Sermon on the Warpland”, by Gwendolyn Brooks (PDFs Below) – Excerpt from Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 by Karl Marx (PDF Below)

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Karl Marx and the Structural Features of Our Moral Lives

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Read: Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 by Karl Marx

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Watch: Marx’s Idea of Human Flourishing

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Check for Understanding

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Watch: Marx’s Idea of Alienation within Capitalism

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Write: What are your thoughts about Marx and alienation?

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Gwendolyn Brooks and Flourishing in the Whirlwind

with Guest Lecturer Professor Elias Rodriques, Sarah Lawrence College

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Read: Two Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks

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Watch: Elizabeth Alexander Reads “The Second Sermon on the Warpland” by Gwendolyn Brooks

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Watch: Elizabeth Alexander Discusses “The Second Sermon on the Warpland” by Gwendolyn Brooks

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Watch: Who was Gwendolyn Brooks?

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Check for Understanding

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Watch: The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks

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Check for Understanding

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Watch: About Your Assigned Brooks Poems

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Check for Understanding

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Write: Your final thoughts about the course!

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