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Originally Posted by breathesgelatin
Marxism is not in vogue in academic circles. I'm trying to think of one professor in the departments I interact with that is a Marxist and is below 60. I can't think of one.
I love to read Marx. He has a lot of helpful methods of analysis. But his whole system (superstructure, economics is all that matters, consciousness raising) does not make sense to analyze history... I mean I'm really struggling to think of anyone that has published in the last 20 years that would argue that. And I do economic history!
I'm not sure what your frame of reference is--but I can speak to academia (at least the humanities--history, literature, etc.) pretty competently.
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I tried to find my 40-ish associate professor who taught my class but it appears that she has left the department. Good news is that they've really expanded their range of international poli sci courses. I can hardly wait to get back to school and finish up. I'm about a year and a half from graduating, no point in not finishing. Okay, I admit it, I drooled over the International Relations courses. Pathetic.
I'd pretty much decided that if nursing doesn't work out for me, I'm going into international law.
I figured we weren't arguing, it truly was a discussion that I was enjoying. No one was getting heated or namecalling and I've learnt new things today. It's not so much slavery that interests me (though I was
that kid who wrote a paper on William Wilburforce in US History my junior year of high school and how Britain abolished slavery 150 years before the US and why. Yeah, I was also
that kid who joined Amnesty International because I actually care about human rights, not how it looked on a college app).
So mostly I have a passionate interest in Africa and how the Colonial Period affected the continent because I have, kind of, a humanitarian streak that runs through me. I want to undo what my ancestors did any way I can, and undo what the developed countries are doing to developing nations now on the global market if I can. Nothing academic, I just learn about things and I get fired up.
And SEC...who do you think those Africans were capturing their fellows for? Other Africans? Or the "white man"?
Breathesgelatin, I saw a part of a documentary about slavers and it said that dirt and sand was found in the Africans' stomaches. They believed it was so they could carry something of home with them. Do you know anything about that?
Also I don't think I've ever been so honest about myself on GC ever. Ugh. Pretend I never wrote this, hate everyone, wear a 100 karat diamond containing the souls of a million African children on my left ring finger and drive a giant Hummer, never allowing anyone a ride. I throw my trendy coffee shop latte cups out the window when I'm done and swerve to hit little animals. I only joined a sorority to hook up with guys. Teehee. Remember all of that please.