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Yeah, Karl Marx. The Communist Manifesto and Capital are both good, but I personally think Marx's Inferno by William Clare Roberts is great.
by RodericDay 9y ago
Yeah, Karl Marx.
The Communist Manifesto and Capital are both good, but I personally think Marx's Inferno by William Clare Roberts is great.
- ue_ 9y agoI don't know if it's just me, but I consider Capital more of an economic text than a philosophical one. That's Marx in political economist mode. And from what (albeit little) I've read of Nozick I much prefer Marx and continental philosophy as a whole (though I'm just beginning). The Manifesto draws varying opinions even within Communist circles; arguably Engels' "The Principles of Communism" is a more gentle text.
- bobwaycott 9y agoThis is definitely a common thought, and has long been considered the proper way to read Marx. You should check out Marx's Inferno for an interesting—and, I've long thought, more accurate—take otherwise.
- ue_ 9y agoI've heard about it before, though I haven't checked it out. I'll take a look, thanks.
- bobwaycott 9y agoMarx's Inferno +1 It's absolutely worth reading, and properly positions Capital as a work of intentional political theory.