SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jenny Von Westphalen, The Communist Manifesto, Friedrich Engels
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Optimistic views ( nature of humanity, potential for civilization to progress: university education. Enrolled as a law student at the university of bonn ( 1835) He became a lawyer because his father wanted him too. He spent most of his first year in university drinking, fighting, and getting in trouble. Second year of university marx transferred of the university of berlin. He decided to take philosophy aside from his law studies. Completed ha phd in philosophy (1841: securing employment. He faced and issues and he was blacklisted by the ministry of education. He spent time being a journalist at newspapers. He made decisions to the kids of articles to be published. Criticized the conservative prussian government in his newspaper. The government shut down the newspaper to shut them: marriage and family. Her family and his where not happy but her family where more un happy due to the lack of employment he had.