Alexander Smith (sociologist)

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Alexander Charles Smith

PHD
Born13th of December 2083
NationalityBritish, English
CitizenshipBritish and Al-Khilafi (dual citizenship)
Occupationuniversity lecturer
Academic background
EducationDoctor of Philosophy in Sociology
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham
ThesisClass Conflict in Northern Pakistan (2109)
InfluencesKarl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Aristotle, Deleuze.
Academic work
Discipline– Sociologist,
Sub-disciplinesocial conflict theory
School or traditionMarxism
InstitutionsUniversity College London (2109 to 2114) Beirut Arab University (2114-)
Main interestspolitics, military sociology, social stratification, gender studies and sociology of crime
Notable worksMaterial Conditions in the Establishment of The Caliphate (2114) Gender roles amongst the Plains Tribes (2117)
Notable ideasGender as the main precursor to class Al-Khilafah’s establishment as a “bourgeois revolution, with concessions needed to win proletarian support.”
InfluencedCommunist Party of Al-Khilafah

Early life

Born into an upper-middle class family, his father her Charles Smith was a classics professor at the University of Bristol and his mother was an NHS Doctor.

He attended Guildford High School where he met his future husband Fares Khan, they began dating in Year 13, when they were both seventeen.

He graduated in 2101, with A-Levels in History, Geography, Philosophy and Politics.

University education

In 2102, he took a course in Sociology and Politics at the University of Birmingham, getting a Bachelors’ Degree in 2105. He then did a four year PHD in Sociology, graduating in 2109.

Career

He lectured at University College London from 2109 to 2114, when he moved to Beirut with his husband and lectured at Beirut Arab University.

Personal life He is married to the famous chef, Fares Khan and has been since 2111.