SOCIOL 2LL3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Class Consciousness, Marxist Feminism, Socialist Feminism
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However marx was not much of student, spend a great deal drinking and getting fights in his first year. His father was concerned about his progress and wanted to keep closer tabs and convinces marx to transfer to another university. He completed his undergrad in philosophy and completed a phd in 1841: after graduating with his phd he wanted to become a professor, but hit a major road block. He ended up being blacklisted by the ministry of education in berlin. What happed is that marxs thesis supervisor made a lot of very controversial statement that did not please the conservative. Engels took marx to england to see the horrible working conditions experienced by the working class. This further fueling his radical political beliefs: one of their early works was the communist manifesto (1848) was written to be understood by the working class.