/lit/ - Literature

>>16745528
>>16745582
I feared that might be the case. But thanks for the answer.

>Want to run a self-serve ad on /lit/
>Don't want to give Hitoshimoot money
Fuck.

>1844 Manuscripts
>German Ideology (part 1)
>Communist Manifesto
>Critique of the Gotha Program
>Capital Vol1
Should give you the core of Marx.

>>16564015
If memory serves not really. As long as you know basic concepts such as historical and dialectical materialism you should be fine. He is very light on political economy. In truth though, I don't get the hype around him; I found his work a bit disappointing.

>>16542758
>>16542819
It depends on what audience you are aiming to share it with. If it is meant to be something academic, then yes, you need to read and study a lot more. If it is something more for laymen, like an essay in a magazine or a colomn, then you would probably be fine without it. Further academic training is always a good way to improve, but is a huge commitment. And I don't think it GUARANTEEs you will be in such a position by the end of it.
Out of curiosity, how many books in total do you estimate you've read in and around the field?
Oh, and Here's a quote from Weber that might let you take heart about you current anxieties:
>Normally such an 'idea' is prepared only on the soil of very hard work, but certainly this is not always the case. Scientifically, a dilettante's idea may have the very same or even a greater bearing for science than that of a specialist. Many of our very best hypotheses and insights are due precisely to dilettantes. The dilettante differs from the expert, as Helmholtz has said of Robert Mayer, only in that he lacks a firm and reliable work procedure. Consequently he is usually not in the position to control, to estimate, or to exploit the idea in its bearings. The idea is not a substitute for work; and work, in turn, cannot substitute for or compel an idea, just as little as enthusiasm can. Both, enthusiasm and work, and above all both of them jointly, can entice the idea.

>>16513044
>>16513075
What the fuck?

Nothing? Guess I'll just have to find them myself.