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Ok.
What books to read (in english ), that can give me better insight on following topics.
>Marx's view on alienaton of humanity
>How did Marx wanted to change humanity and philosophy (11th theisis)

I have few books from Marx, but I would also like to read something like "Marx for dummies " type books, so I can have better understanding.
Thanks, and happy holydays

>> No.5917339

>>5917318
STEM HERE THIS IS UNFALSIFIABLE NONSENSE.

YOU SHOULDN'T READ THAT CHARLATAN.

>> No.5917342

Ayy lmao the working class

>> No.5917379

>>5917318

_The Principles of Communism_

Link: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm

_Socialism: Utopian and Scientific_

Link: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm

_Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy_

Link: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1886/ludwig-feuerbach/index.htm

Reread _These on Feuerbach_.

Link: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/theses/index.htm

Lastly, _Manifesto of the Communist Party_.

Link: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm

>> No.5917404

>>5917379
I have some of these books, but I need someone other than Marx, that gives explanation on above mentioned topics.
Like a schoolbook, only on Marx

>> No.5917419

>>5917339
While I think you are taking the piss, I must agree. Marx was essentially posturing certain nonsenses without empirical evidence.

>> No.5917427

>>5917419
I don't think you MUST agree, I think you're just choosing to

>>5917404
Maybe one dimensional man or something of Adorno's? Though they're more based on the idea of alienation than direct explanations of it, you still understand what's meant by alienation by reading them

>> No.5917428

>>5917427
>I don't think you MUST agree, I think you're just choosing to
must1
mʌst/
verb
modal verb: must
expressing an opinion about something that is logically very likely. (Oxford)

>> No.5917529

>>5917404
David Harvey, perhaps?

>> No.5917674

>>5917529
What titles?

>> No.5917734

>>5917318
11th thesis isn't about changing humanity or philosophy. It's about changing the world.
And the alienation part isn't all that complicated, either, it's literally just the fact that workers do not own the stuff they work with, or the stuff they produce, creating a detachment between them and what they do. Just try reading some of the stuff you already have.

>> No.5917738

>>5917339
>all statements must be falsifiable or they aren't true
Said no one, ever.

>> No.5917781

>>5917318
Main currents of Marxism by Kolakowski

>> No.5917796

>>5917318
>>Marx's view on alienaton of humanity
The longest description I have found of this is in 'Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_and_Philosophic_Manuscripts_of_1844#Alienation

>> No.5917979

>>5917318
1844 Manuscripts and The German Ideology

>> No.5918221

>>5917781
Something like this is just what I need. Thanks anon
Any more like this one?

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5918272

>>5917318
it's 200pages and will run you $50 new. But Elster's is a pretty solid (DENSE) "for dummies" intro