Introductory lecture to the discipline of International Relations by Dr Patrick Theiner, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Recorded in late 2022.
== Timestamps ==
00:00 Intro
00:44 Where does Marxism start?
01:33 Inequality: you vs. Elon Musk
05:19 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
08:55 What is Marxism about?
12:01 Why capitalism is exploitative
18:13 Marxism and institutions
20:25 Materialism
23:45 Marx' critique of capitalism
26:02 Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns during the lecture
27:17 Marxism and IR theory
31:43 The transnational capitalist class
33:57 Marxist IR theory: Lenin
35:09 Marxist IR theory: Luxemburg and Trotzky
37:14 Marxist IR theory: Wallerstein and worldsystems
41:41 Marxism and the war in Ukraine
45:13 The Ukraine war and imperialism
49:42 Outro