/lit/ - Literature

>>9520348
I didn't find him that hard to read. He's a cool, erudite French Marxist intellectual and a very good writer. You'll pick it all up as you go along, really.

If you're interested in his work, you might start here. Outline of a Theory of Practice is good too.

>how well versed does one have to be with his contemporaries to understand him?

In the end, if you're interested, you'll wind up finding your way through all of those guys when you feel like it. That's my approach, anyways. I'm not as much into continental phil as I used to be but sooner or later, if you're interested, you'll wind up reading most of these guys and seeing where the lines criss-cross.