Thesis no 3 has also been very influential. It states:

The materialist doctrine that human beings are products of circumstances and upbringing, and that, therefore, changed human beings are products of other circumstances and changed upbringing, forgets that it is human beings who change circumstances and that it is essential to educate the educator him or herself. Hence this doctrine necessarily arrives at dividing society into two parts, one of which is superior to society. The coincidence of the changing of circumstances and of human activity can be conceived and rationally understood only as revolutionising practice.

By critically reflecting on Marx’s Thesis on Feuerbach no. 3, develop an essay of 5-8 double spaced typed pages on the topic of: “Subjects, Liberation, and Freedom.” On the basis of the texts we have read, studied, and discussed throughout the Spring of 2000, and the vast array of analytical and conceptual tools -- among these notions such as authenticity, quality of life, geopolitics, eurocentrism-- you have assembled as part of this course, critically explore the relations that obtain between contemporary subjects and a theory of liberation. You have an opportunity to explore your potentials as an original, widely-read, and powerful critical thinker. The point is not to re-produce what we have touched upon in class, but to produce your own critical analysis of contemporary society. If you accomplish this, your teachers (renate holub and antonio salas)  will be infinitely rewarded.