LABRST 2C03 Lecture 1: LabrSt 2C03 - Week 1 (Jan 11)
26 Feb 2017
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Great mind and very brilliant student in the german school system. Originally was a biblical scholar and student of philosophy. Not an academic, or writer for scholarly consumption, instead for popular consumption newspapers, pamphlets. Revolutionary missives: not a frequent public speaker. 1848 (30 years old), apart of major european revolutions in germany working class revolutions/uprisings: writes communist manifesto , revolution fails, and marx becomes refugee, moves to london, England: writes about how capitalism works to help revolutionaries. Was isolated, did not work in large institution or have a regular publishing outlet. Post-marx life only published 40% of what he wrote: material became most influential later in his life, divisions amongst what opinion marx had on specific issues. Materialism: the starting point to understand the essence of human nature. What it meant to be human, and what it meant to be apart of the world: departure of what others believed. Marx did not accept hegel"s theory of idealism.
