POLSCI 2O06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Friedrich Engels, Far-Left Politics, For Marx
27 Apr 2016
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Polsci 2o06 winter 2016: karl marx, 1818 - 1885, when reading, keep in mind that this is very early marx, much of what we know has not been. Think of the world that is not exclusive to one ideology, and establish radical criticism: during this time, the industrial revolution was going on (big deal!, marx - globalization = he calls it imperialism Industrial revolution was partly funded by european spread for power. This town was liberal, exposed to the ideas of enlightenment (more so than other parts of. Son of lawyer, his dad was born a jew and a man of the enlightenment (believed in science, modernity, progress: converted to protestant, so that he would have an advantage against the catholics. The important thing is that marx"s dad was both an enlightenment man and successful worker: marx identified with his (modern, liberal, progressive) father, marx was middle class, grows up in a liberal and modern community.
