Marxism - A materials list

[Laughing_Man]

I’ve been getting several questions about Marxism and what it actually entails so I decided to gather up some sources concerning the subject and put them together for anyone else who may have the desire to know more. I will break them up into two sections, lectures & readings. If anyone else would like to contribute to this list then please feel free to do so. Some of these works are self-explanatory, for those that are not then I will elaborate on their meaning.

Readings:

Ludwig von Mises - Marxism Unmasked , Socialism, Theory and History

Yuri Maltsev - Requiem for Marx

Bohm-Bawerk - Karl Marx and the Close of His System

Rothbard - History of Economic Thought volume II

Robert C Tucker - Philosophy and Myth in Karl Marx [ a technical piece on the philosophical foundations of Marxism, not for beginners ]

Leszek Kolakowski - Main Currents of Marxism [ A three volume history of Marxism, perhaps the definitive work on its history ]

Alexander Gray - The Socialist Tradition, The Development of Economic Doctrine, [ Highly recommended works on the subject ]

James Billington - Fire on the Minds of Men

H.B. Acton [ Not Lord Acton ] - The Illusion of Epoch

Various Authors - A Plea for Liberty . [ A series of papers by various authors critiquing the beginnings of Fabian socialism by author Bernard Shaw, also some basic critiques of socialism in general ]

Hoppe - A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism

Hayek - Intellectuals and Socialism

Gordon - Resurrecting Marx

Lectures:

Williamson Evers - ‘Marx and the Organization of Labor Under Socialism’

Richard Ebeling - ‘Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk’s Critique of Karl Marx’

David Gordon - ‘Foundations of Marx’s Philosophy and Economics’

Gary North - ‘The Marx Nobody Knows’

Hoppe - ‘Marxist and Austrian ClassAnalysis’

Ralph Raico - ‘Classical-Liberal Roots of Marxist Class Co nflict’

Yuri Maltsev - ‘Inflation and the Bolsheviks’

David Osterfeld - ‘Marx and Mercantilism’

Robert LeFevre - ‘Origins of Socialist Thought’, ‘The Communist Manifesto’

Rothbard - ‘Emergence of Communism’

Jeffrey Herbener - ‘The Utopianism of Marx and Keynes’ [ This is a rip off of Rothbard’s ‘Emergence of Communism’ ]

Paul Gottfried - ‘Bolshevism and Democratic Socialism’

[mookrit]

So if I read all of the above I’ll be able to completely demolish Marxism? Cool.

[Laughing_Man]

@Sukrit Sabhlok

So if I read all of the above I’ll be able to completely demolish Marxism? Cool.

If you read some of them you will be able to demolish it. If you read all of them then you will make a Marxist look like a neophyte.

[hashem]

But if you read all of them AND debate a Marxist from revleft or an anarcho-communist, then I’ll send you a flower.

[Laughing_Man]

When do I get my flower? That was a fun debate. I like hibiscus by the way.

[Le_Master]

And of course Mises shortly and sweetly explodes polylogism in chapter 3 of Human Action.

[Laughing_Man]

@Le Master

And of course Mises shortly and sweetly explodes polylogism in chapter 3 of Human Action.

Ah yes, good contribution. Jeffrey Tucker also has a wonderful piece on Marxism and polylogism found here.

[I_Ryan]

I call this materials list “Marxism without Marx”.

[Laughing_Man]

@I. Ryan

I call this materials list “Marxism without Marx”.

Well I could put up all the works of Marx himself. I just figured people would know to read them.

[Giant_Joe]

@Laughing Man

@I. Ryan

I call this materials list “Marxism without Marx”.

Well I could put up all the works of Marx himself. I just figured people would know to read them.

I keep trying from time to time and it comes off as psycho-babble.

[Laughing_Man]

@Giant_Joe

I keep trying from time to time and it comes off as psycho-babble.

Try reading Hegal. You’ll want to commit an atrocity. The 1844 Manuscripts aren’t too bad. I think Capital is probably the worst.

[luckylad33]

@Laughing Man

Try reading Hegal. You’ll want to commit an atrocity. The 1844 Manuscripts aren’t too bad. I think Capital is probably the worst.

Hegel is without a doubt the most difficult philosopher to understand. I literally want to stick needles in my eyes whenever I try reading anything by Hegel. I think it is better to just read other scholars works on Hegel so you can actually understand what it is your reading.

[DanielMuffinburg]

@Laughing Man

When do I get my flower? That was a fun debate. I like hibiscus by the way.

You’re on RevLeft? I was in there a few months ago. It’s like debating with Mr1001Nights, but with less appeals to emotion.

[Le_Master]

@Laughing Man

When do I get my flower? That was a fun debate. I like hibiscus by the way.

I’ve spent the last 1+ hour reading that thread and I’m not even halfway done. I’ve put off a lot of other reading because I’ve been immersed there. Damn you guys.

Edit: What an abrupt ending. How anticlimactic.

[Laughing_Man]

@Le Master

I’ve spent the last 1+ hour reading that thread and I’m not even halfway done. I’ve put off a lot of other reading because I’ve been immersed there. Damn you guys.

Edit: What an abrupt ending. How anticlimactic.

Well no one was really saying anything of substance.

[Le_Master]

@Laughing Man

Well no one was really saying anything of substance.

You can say that again. There were a few clumps of hair pulled out of my head by the end; those last 2-3 pages especially. Dear God.

[Laughing_Man]

@Le Master

You can say that again. There were a few clumps of hair pulled out of my head by the end; those last 2-3 pages especially. Dear God.

Remember, it is just the internet.

[Solid_Choke]

The Mind and the Market by Jerry Z. Muller

[Lawsome]

This list is rad. I’m booking this for later use.

Thank you, sir!

[Laughing_Man]

@Justin Laws

This list is rad. I’m booking this for later use.

Thank you, sir!

Not a problem.