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Fiction or Non-Fiction, academic or casual, theory or non-theory, feel free to mention books of any genre and on any topic. Previous week’s thread.
minus-square☭ whsprr ☭ 🇵🇸 🇻🇪@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 days agoStill reading Elementary principles of philosophy Georges Politzer
minus-squaremidas@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days agoI’ve heard many people say good things about the book, but I’ve never opened it. Do you like it ?
minus-square☭ whsprr ☭ 🇵🇸 🇻🇪@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 days agoIt’s part of the prole wiki marxism 101 guide and also one of the first philosophy books I’ve ever read so it’s difficult for me to read it. But overall it’s really good at explaining.
minus-squareSaymaz@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 days agoThe analogies and examples are often times fallacious and misleading. If anyone wants a good introduction to the philosophy of Dialectical materialism, I recommend Adoratsky’s Dialectical Materialism The Theoretical Foundation of Marxism-Leninism.
minus-square☭ whsprr ☭ 🇵🇸 🇻🇪@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days agoI agree yeah, I find myself re-reading several paragraphs because I just sort of get lost in the examples.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoThere’s an .epub version over on Comrade’s Library.
Still reading Elementary principles of philosophy Georges Politzer
I’ve heard many people say good things about the book, but I’ve never opened it. Do you like it ?
It’s part of the prole wiki marxism 101 guide and also one of the first philosophy books I’ve ever read so it’s difficult for me to read it. But overall it’s really good at explaining.
The analogies and examples are often times fallacious and misleading. If anyone wants a good introduction to the philosophy of Dialectical materialism, I recommend Adoratsky’s Dialectical Materialism The Theoretical Foundation of Marxism-Leninism.
I agree yeah, I find myself re-reading several paragraphs because I just sort of get lost in the examples.
There’s an .epub version over on Comrade’s Library.