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Max Mueller Bhavan | India Chennai

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7:00 PM

EXPERTS TALK

PRESENTATION|MARX MATTERS - Commemorating Karl Marx’s 200th Birthday

  • Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Auditorium, Chennai

MM @Goethe-Institut Chennai

in cooperation with Tulika Books
 
Karl Marx created a political philosophy that dominated half the world during the 20th century. As we grapple with today’s economic problems of rising global inequality and sluggish growth, do his insights of the 19th century offer interesting ways to think about the 21st?
 
Does Marx matter today? - Prof. Venkatesh B Athreya 
Renowned economist and author of Marxian Political Economy: An Introduction to Capital Vol. 1, Prof. Venkatesh B. Athreya will share his views on the possible relevance of the ideas of Karl Marx in the present day world.
 
Marx and Tamilnadu – Mr. C. Mahendran
Mr.C. Mahendran National Executive Member, CPI will speak about the impact of Karl Marx’s philosophy on the development of political and economic thought in Tamilnadu.
 
New Century Book House, in conjunction with the book release of மார்க்ஸ் எங்கெல்ஸ் தேர்வு நூல்கள் (Marx & Engels – Selected Works) will make a brief presentation.
 

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