Frank Ruda

Decent little book despite some jargon. A familiarity with Hegel is very much required. Rather than saying anything truly substantial, the book is rather an experiment of how one can draw connections between Marx and: Descartes, Plato and Hegel. The exercise is rewarding but feels a bit like eating popcorn.

The argument that Marxism as a practice should return to Hegel is interesting, but who really has the time to read, let alone competently understand Marx and Hegel? Perhaps this is show more sympomatic of the wider trend of theorisation within marxism and its gradual divorce from practical application. The last gasps of an increasingly desparate dream.

But as always, reading philosophy is fun and reading about marxism is fun.

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