Is "Dialectical and Historical Materialism" by Joseph Stalin enough for a full understanding of materialism? If not, why and what else is to be read?
Unrelated, but I read: why socialism, the principles of communism, the manifesto, and most recently wage labour and capital / value price and profit.
I have ordered many theory works, including das kapital, socialism utopian vs scientific, Imperialism the highest stage of capitalism, and dialectical and historical materialism. Which, in your opinion should I start with? Why? If there's something you would recommend before these that I didn't mentioned and haven't read, please do inform me.
Nakoichi [they/them] - 9mon
Luna Oi recently translated works of Ho Chi Minh that also I hear are really good and build on that work are worth a look. I haven't read them yet..
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RedCat - 9mon
I've heard of them, but thought it was her own work not a translation as I don't really watch her much. It's definitely something to check out, so thanks.
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Vika - 9mon
I've heard of her translations, even from youtube comments but I can't find them :(
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Cowbee [he/they] - 9mon
No, in my opinion. It's fantastic for the basics, but a work like Elementary Principles of Philosophy does a much better job and goes more in-depth. Dialectical and Historical Materialism, as GrainEater said, focuses more on historical materialism than dialectical materialism (though it goes over both). I actually made a Marxist-Leninist intro reading list, feel free to give that a look! Maybe combine it with what you've presently studied.
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RedCat - 9mon
Your, ReadFanon, and Edies reading list is an amazing, well-structured guide. While, personally, I enjoy a more of a non-structured guide not in the sense of not knowing what the difference between the proletariat and the bourgeois is and reading das kapital, but in the sense of building on the basics through what specific theory work interests me at that time.
Thanks
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Cowbee [he/they] - 9mon
Thanks for the feedback! You can also use it based on subsection, for what it's worth!
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☭ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗘𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 ☭ - 9mon
I would recommend reading it and making notes to determine if there's anything you don't understand. The text primarily describes dialectical materialism applied to the development of human history (historical materialism), which may not be enough for you to grasp dialectical materialism in other contexts. If it helps, the dialectical part basically boils down to "everything is connected and always changing".
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Is "Dialectical and Historical Materialism" by Joseph Stalin enough for a full understanding of materialism? If not, why and what else is to be read?
Unrelated, but I read: why socialism, the principles of communism, the manifesto, and most recently wage labour and capital / value price and profit.
I have ordered many theory works, including das kapital, socialism utopian vs scientific, Imperialism the highest stage of capitalism, and dialectical and historical materialism. Which, in your opinion should I start with? Why? If there's something you would recommend before these that I didn't mentioned and haven't read, please do inform me.
Luna Oi recently translated works of Ho Chi Minh that also I hear are really good and build on that work are worth a look. I haven't read them yet..
I've heard of them, but thought it was her own work not a translation as I don't really watch her much. It's definitely something to check out, so thanks.
I've heard of her translations, even from youtube comments but I can't find them :(
No, in my opinion. It's fantastic for the basics, but a work like Elementary Principles of Philosophy does a much better job and goes more in-depth. Dialectical and Historical Materialism, as GrainEater said, focuses more on historical materialism than dialectical materialism (though it goes over both). I actually made a Marxist-Leninist intro reading list, feel free to give that a look! Maybe combine it with what you've presently studied.
Your, ReadFanon, and Edies reading list is an amazing, well-structured guide. While, personally, I enjoy a more of a non-structured guide not in the sense of not knowing what the difference between the proletariat and the bourgeois is and reading das kapital, but in the sense of building on the basics through what specific theory work interests me at that time.
Thanks
Thanks for the feedback! You can also use it based on subsection, for what it's worth!
I would recommend reading it and making notes to determine if there's anything you don't understand. The text primarily describes dialectical materialism applied to the development of human history (historical materialism), which may not be enough for you to grasp dialectical materialism in other contexts. If it helps, the dialectical part basically boils down to "everything is connected and always changing".
Okay, thanks