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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:43 PM Original message |
Any DUers well-versed in Karl Marx's writings? ...... Which book would you recommend as an intro? |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. When it comes to Marxism... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Read Engels instead. He actually writes with humor at times. nt |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good question! I just today got an audiobook called |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Sounds cool.....Thx for the link. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. extra 12 minutes........ shared by the masses ? belong to the state ? |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Duck Soup is great. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Audacity of Hope. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. LOL, I laughed n/t |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Once again, the axiom "Never drink water while reading DU" |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'd start with the Communist Manifesto |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. Along Marx's works you should dable in EP Thomson's critique of it |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Reading Thomson is good advice, reading Hegel isn't! Man, Hegel is tough going....nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I know hegel is a pain to read |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. What do you think of Polanyi's Great Transformation? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Not much something new to add to the readying list... |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. Read the Communist Manifesto |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. That's actually an easy read. nt |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. There's the historical and modern perspectives. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. JackRabbit, NadinBz, Bjorn, Napoleon.......Thank you for the recs..... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. SOme of these you may be able to find on the puter |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. Ya know, reading Habermas's most accessible - and shortest - book, "Legitimation Crisis," |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Claro que si.......I'll check those out as well. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It's amazing how much I enjoy sitting and reading in coffee shops. I'm so easily entertained. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Same here brother........ |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. "Karl Marx, Poet of Commodities"... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You know, that's a terrific book. Particularly about some of the lesser known economic - |
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OutNow (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
27. If you can find it - Lenin on Marxism |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-05-09 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
28. Perhaps you should be looking for socialistunderground.com ? |
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