1mandarinenschaeler
Hello hello hello, here's to hoping this group isn't dead!
I've struggled with non-fiction for a long, long time and only this year I happened upon a book which changed my stance on non-fiction: Invisible Women.
I know Marx and the likes are too heavy of a read for me, but I'm currently reading The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale and plan on reading The Government Of No One by Ruth Kinna and The Looting Machine by Tom Burgis. I'd also love to read Recipes for Disaster by CrimethInc if I ever end up having the money for the shipping :o)
What are some easy theory reads you could recommend? Or have you read any of those mentioned?
I've struggled with non-fiction for a long, long time and only this year I happened upon a book which changed my stance on non-fiction: Invisible Women.
I know Marx and the likes are too heavy of a read for me, but I'm currently reading The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale and plan on reading The Government Of No One by Ruth Kinna and The Looting Machine by Tom Burgis. I'd also love to read Recipes for Disaster by CrimethInc if I ever end up having the money for the shipping :o)
What are some easy theory reads you could recommend? Or have you read any of those mentioned?
2LolaWalser
>1 mandarinenschaeler:
Hi! I hope my reply isn't much too late...
I would first encourage you not to give up on Marx. My background is in biochemistry and I struggle with social sciences too, but I give myself permission to go about it slowly and look for help wherever I can find it. Obviously I'll never be able to offer in-depth critiques and analyses, but I think it is just as important to show what "ordinary" readers can get from these works.
I recommend reading The Communist Manifesto and see how you feel about your ability to read the actual words of Marx and Engels. (I think most editions nowadays, even the free ones online, contain footnotes explaining the few now-obscure references to contemporary figures and parties).
Engels' The condition of the working class in England isn't a difficult theoretical work at all and is arguably THE most important Marxist text of all time.
In recent years there have been hundreds of books by young Communist/Socialist/Revolutionary authors explicating the basis of the class war. and its remedies. I recommend Bini Adamczak's Kommunismus: kleine Geschichte, wie es endlich anders wird, which has been translated into English as Communism for Kids.
Hi! I hope my reply isn't much too late...
I would first encourage you not to give up on Marx. My background is in biochemistry and I struggle with social sciences too, but I give myself permission to go about it slowly and look for help wherever I can find it. Obviously I'll never be able to offer in-depth critiques and analyses, but I think it is just as important to show what "ordinary" readers can get from these works.
I recommend reading The Communist Manifesto and see how you feel about your ability to read the actual words of Marx and Engels. (I think most editions nowadays, even the free ones online, contain footnotes explaining the few now-obscure references to contemporary figures and parties).
Engels' The condition of the working class in England isn't a difficult theoretical work at all and is arguably THE most important Marxist text of all time.
In recent years there have been hundreds of books by young Communist/Socialist/Revolutionary authors explicating the basis of the class war. and its remedies. I recommend Bini Adamczak's Kommunismus: kleine Geschichte, wie es endlich anders wird, which has been translated into English as Communism for Kids.
