Hammer and Hoe book discussion will be posted tomorrow, April 11th.

  • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Finished Giovanni Arrighi’s Adam Smith In Beijing yesterday, highly recommend it to anyone who wants a better understanding of China’s current path

    About halfway through Capital, Vol III, absolutely a huge improvement over Vol II

    Can I just say I'm jelly? I started Long Twentieth Century but had to put it off, and I have definitely set my eyes on Vol II and III when this semester ends. Sound like great reads!

    • LeninsRage [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I've said before that Vol II is...difficult, to say the least

      I read Vol I in like 2017 stand Marx's longer works gathered dust in my backlog for years. I finally stopped giving a fuck about bringing explicitly communist literature to work and firced myself to read the later volumes while alternating with other history books.

      Arrighi's subject coverage is so all-encompassing that reading his main trilogy works actually sets me into a frenzy of frantic activity.