I would like to understand non-marxist political science better in order to better engage with it. Any reading suggestions?
I often find non-marxist political science frustrating in ways I can't describe. It always seems focuses on the wrong things yet I don't have the foundation to even begin to critique it.
Jin008 - 10mon
Harry Potter
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cimbazarov - 10mon
Unironically, there are so many parallels with Harry potter and the way modern liberals act
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Dengalicious - 10mon
I think reading classical liberal authors like Locke, Hume, Mill, Bentham, Ricardo, Smith, Voltaire, and Montesquieu is the best way to understand. (And as an aside, I think absolutely everyone on Earth should read Kant, to understand anything that came after him, it is necessary without a shadow of a doubt, even to understand Marxism). But overall, starting with where these ideas came from is the ideal way in my mind.
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Max - 10mon
As an absolute ground floor starting point, I’d suggest getting some 101 level textbooks of any non-explicitly Marxist intro political science course taught in a US university. That will introduce you to general topics and the unique language used in the field; you can read on specifics from there using other textbooks or sources given in the 101 books.
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Rextreff - 10mon
The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities
Capital in the 21st century
Principles of Economics by Menger
The labour tradition and the paradoxers of politics
the little blue book: the essential guide to thinking and talking democratic
Arneson, Richard (1982), 'The Principle of Fairness and Free-Rider Problems'
Simmons, A. John (1979), 'The Principle of Fair Play'
Also the books in this list: https://old.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/wiki/readinglist
(don't actually look at the posts, it's pretty cringe)
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TankieReplyBot - 10mon
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Foucault and Baudrillard are decent intros if you're trying to understand 1950s-2010s post-modernism and the deviation of marxism that it took.
Further reading I would suggest Georges Battielle, Steven Lukes (He's closer to being a marxist but focuses more on structuralism and power dynamics) and Judith Butler.
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Idliketothinkimsmart - 10mon
Foucault and Baudrillard
To add to this, Gabriel Rockhill, a marxist, does a great critique of this school of western thinking and he even came from it.
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I would like to understand non-marxist political science better in order to better engage with it. Any reading suggestions?
I often find non-marxist political science frustrating in ways I can't describe. It always seems focuses on the wrong things yet I don't have the foundation to even begin to critique it.
Harry Potter
Unironically, there are so many parallels with Harry potter and the way modern liberals act
I think reading classical liberal authors like Locke, Hume, Mill, Bentham, Ricardo, Smith, Voltaire, and Montesquieu is the best way to understand. (And as an aside, I think absolutely everyone on Earth should read Kant, to understand anything that came after him, it is necessary without a shadow of a doubt, even to understand Marxism). But overall, starting with where these ideas came from is the ideal way in my mind.
As an absolute ground floor starting point, I’d suggest getting some 101 level textbooks of any non-explicitly Marxist intro political science course taught in a US university. That will introduce you to general topics and the unique language used in the field; you can read on specifics from there using other textbooks or sources given in the 101 books.
The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities Capital in the 21st century Principles of Economics by Menger The labour tradition and the paradoxers of politics the little blue book: the essential guide to thinking and talking democratic Arneson, Richard (1982), 'The Principle of Fairness and Free-Rider Problems' Simmons, A. John (1979), 'The Principle of Fair Play' Also the books in this list: https://old.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/wiki/readinglist (don't actually look at the posts, it's pretty cringe)
A Reddit link was detected in your comment. Here are links to the same location on alternative frontends that protect your privacy.
Foucault and Baudrillard are decent intros if you're trying to understand 1950s-2010s post-modernism and the deviation of marxism that it took.
Further reading I would suggest Georges Battielle, Steven Lukes (He's closer to being a marxist but focuses more on structuralism and power dynamics) and Judith Butler.
To add to this, Gabriel Rockhill, a marxist, does a great critique of this school of western thinking and he even came from it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6NNh2EIOa4
What about Carl Schmitt?He was also influenced by Hegel.