I haven't read more Hegel than any other undergraduate, but I think the Grundrisse is more valuable than vol 2 and 3. That being said I only read excerpts from the latter. Lenin should be read critically, but his material is an easier read than Marx and there is a lot less of it. "What is to be done" "The State and Revolution" "Imperialism" "Left-Wing Communism" are all essential reading. (and this is coming from someone who isn't a Leninist). I think the most important Marx is in Vol 1 of Capital and the Economic + Philosophical Manuscripts, perhaps Gotha. Think what you want about Platypus, there is a lot of good material here: http://platypus1917.home.comcast.net/~platypus1917/platypus_nycreadings.html ~ Bhaskar
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 8:51 PM, guava tree <[email protected]> wrote: > do people think reading volumes 2&3 of Capital is more valuable than > reading > the Grundrisse? Or-- is one's time better spent reading Lenin, or even > Hegel > than moving into books Marx didn't have the time to put his finishing > touches on? > ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
