6: Studying & Struggling: The Minyan On On The Jewish Question
It's the long promised first episode of the Proles of the Minyan Reading Series, in which the Minyan takes on classic Marxist texts that touch on Jewish issues. In this first foray into close textual analysis, Tim and Yaakov go head to head over Marx's "On The Jewish Question," (1843) a notoriously difficult work in which a young Marx replies to Bruno Bauer's argument to deny Jews the rights of man ad citizen (outlined in Bauer's "The Jewish Question"). Marx's response is... complicated. There's no way to summarize it without talking it through (and sometimes repeating the same points trying to wrap one's head around it) for 2 hours.
Suggested Reading includes not only Marx's "On The Jewish Question," but also "The Holy Family." ; Althusser, "On The Young Marx." ; Julius Carlebach, "Karl Marx and the Radical Critique of Judaism." ; & Gary Ruchwarger, "Marx and the Jewish Question: A Response to Julius Carlebach."
Intro Music by Eli Bertrum.
Outro Music: "Simkhes Toyre" by the Klezmatics (we're posting it just in time for yontif, after all).
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