I am interested in critical theoretical and marxist spatial theory, please recommend me some books that provide a good overview or introduction to this area!
Thanks!
posted by FuckingAwesome
on Jan 17, 2013 -
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Is there a form of socialism that agrees with me or have I simply been brainwashed into accepting capitalist structures as natural?
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posted by asnider
on Jul 18, 2012 -
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Can anyone recommend any good introductions to Marxism? More and more, as I get older, I find that the socialist view of the world as a set of competing classes, with one class exploiting the others, makes more and more sense. It also seems increasingly clear to me that this is going on at the moment. However, I am still quite new to Marxism and a little put off by and daunted by Das Kapital...
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posted by lucien_reeve
on Jun 24, 2011 -
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Hi there Marxists, or psychologists, or Jungians, or what have you.
My book club recently voted to read
The Undiscovered Self by Carl Jung. One member quit, insisting that she couldn't read Jung because she was a Marxist.
Why?
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posted by kensington314
on Jun 7, 2011 -
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I follow politics and current events, especially international politics, fanatically. I know next to nothing about economic systems, philosophy (particularly political philosophy), sociology, and other basics of social science that could be useful when trying to make sense of the world, though. I would like to change this.
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posted by dcheeno
on Apr 13, 2011 -
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My understanding of economic history is rather poor. I couldn't even substantiate my primitive views of how the industrial first world's economy is structured, much less hold any views of how the economics of past communities were structured. So it's rather obvious that I would want to remedy this.
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posted by SollosQ
on Dec 18, 2010 -
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Is anyone aware of the specific elements of The German Ideology that the later Marx is said to have disavowed or been unproud of?
I understand that Marx's economic understanding was developed far beyond what it was at the time of this writing due to his research on the matter, but I'm concerned about if Marx came to feel any different on the historical materialism expressed within his earlier works?
I could've sworn I had saw one reference that reflected how Marx felt about his early work (specifically, The German Ideology) but I can't find it now, and I know that I couldn't trace that observation into any sort of specific elements that Marx came to disavow.
posted by SollosQ
on Nov 12, 2010 -
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I'm reading Marx's "Capital" Vol. I and I'm looking for a "Dummy's Guide" to his economic theories.
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posted by facetious
on Sep 11, 2010 -
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Help me find the name of this "Marxist Sceptic" thinker. I remember reading on aldaily.com within the last few months about a Marxist thinker who essentially came to the conclusion that though desirable, no socialist system of government would exist in the immediate future. I'm not sure if it was an obituary or something else.
posted by atrazine
on Aug 20, 2010 -
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According to some sources, Marx argued that the mechanism of social change was the contradiction between the material forces of production and the relations of production, whilst elsewhere it is argued that Marx saw social change as arising from the conflicting interests of different social classes. My question is, assuming that Marx stated that both of these contradictions brought about social change, what is the relationship between class conflict and the conflict between relations and forces of production?
posted by FuckingAwesome
on Mar 28, 2010 -
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what are the modern or post-modern approaches to historical analysis?
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posted by TMezz
on Mar 24, 2010 -
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Help me find a brief quote by Karl Marx suitable for use on a holiday ornament! Extra points for being commodities-fetish related!
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posted by luazinha
on Dec 17, 2009 -
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Was there a song with lyrics that rhymed 'Marx and Lenin' with 'stonewashed denim'? If I'm not imagining it, the song would probably date from the late '80s or early '90s. I'm thinking the band/singer was British, and was likely to have fallen somewhere under the alternative / indie umbrella.
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posted by misteraitch
on May 4, 2009 -
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I'm trying to wrap my head around Marx's conception of Capitalist economic crises. He claims that these crises emerge every 7 years, and are caused by "the epidemic of overproduction." Is there any historical justification for this? (Especially in the modern era?)
posted by matkline
on Feb 4, 2009 -
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I've got a term paper to write on Arendt, Marx, and general communism and am seeking secondary sources and other theorists. If you can help, please step inside.
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posted by caitlinb
on Nov 11, 2008 -
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Marxism Filter: Sure, Socialism was the phase before Communism (state monopoly of the means of production right before the proles took over the same). But where in Marx's writings does he talk about this?
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posted by jak68
on May 21, 2008 -
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I am taking a look at two Marx texts, Capital (V: I) and his Eighteenth Brumaire of Napoleon, which are the best translations? I know there are a few problematic translations with the latter.
posted by christopherbdnk
on Apr 17, 2008 -
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MarxFilter: Trouble understanding the concept of "alienation of labor" in the Manuscripts of 1844. Can anyone explain to me exactly what he means?
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posted by lovejones
on Feb 13, 2006 -
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