I’m basically center-left and a market socialist who supports multi-party politics and democracy, and I wish to broaden my horizons on Marx. Sometimes I tell myself “I gotta study Marx”, but I can’t.
I also need help internalizing what I’ve studied about Marxism and incorporate in my political views.
Any answer is appreciated. Thank you!
Found the book I was thinking about: it’s Georges Politzer elementary principles of philosophy: https://c.encryptionin.space/epubs/elementary-principles-of-philosophy/
I would recommend Maurice Cornforth’s Materialism and the Dialectical Method instead. Politzer makes errors regarding dialectics, contradiction, and the negation of the negation. If you want to read/recommend Politzer’s work you should follow it up with On Contradiction.
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Oh, good to know. As I said, I started reading Politzer and it was treading ground I had already approached through other texts, so I didn’t go on, but it’s a shame he misses those points because the writing is very approachable (as far as philosophy goes)
What’s your method of studying Marxism?