I liked Stalin’s dialectical and historical materialism, it was a lot easier to understand compared Marx and Engels.
Same.
CURRICULUM OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MARXISM-LENINISM- This is a book that is translated from Vietnams education course on Marxism Leninism by Luna Oi.
Other Sciences don’t depend on you researching the original works (Which are usually early 1900 intellectuals discussing complex material to each other when they already have a baseline) to understand material. They’re dissected by scholars and made into a format that is easier to learn.
The translated books by Luna Oi, which is two books at this point in time, contains annotations to describe concepts that students in the curriculum would already know by the time they begin working with the books. Its an excellent starting resource for people who are just beginning understanding Marxism, and also for people who might struggle with some topics.
Invaluable resource and I believe the first book is archived but you can also support her efforts to translate by purchasing one. I cannot recommend it enough for new marxists. The first half of the first book is all about dialectical materialism.
I agree with this. For the philosophy section of our education program, my comrades and I utilize Luna Oi’s translation in our curriculum.
The Following is the book list and some supplementary material for our Introduction to Marxist-Leninist Philosophy section. Id share our Reading and Lecture notes for the texts, but I don’t know how to share documents/files without doxxing myself:
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Curriculum of the Basic Principles of Marxism Leninism, Part 1 (Weeks 1 - 4)
- Week 1 Supplementals:
- Luna Oi!: The Origins of Marxist Philosophy (33 min)
- Anime: The Leader: Karl Marx
- Week 2 Supplementals:
- Rev Left Radio: The Fundamentals of Marxism: Historical Materialism, Dialectics, and Political Economy
- RevolutionaryTh0t: Do You REALLY Understand Dialectical Materialism?
- Rev Left Radio: The Dialectics of Nature
- Week 3 Supplementals:
- The Marxist Project: Fundamentals of Marx: Dialectics (12min)
- Luna Oi!: How Marxists Study History: Book Talk with Midnight Books (27min)
- Week 4 Supplementals:
- Hampton Institute: A Brief and Imperfect Explanation of Dialectical Materialism
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Dialectical and Historical Materialism by Stalin (Week 5)
- Week 5 Supplementals:
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On Practice by Mao (Week 6)
- Week 6 Supplementals:
- None
- Week 6 Supplementals:
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On Contradiction by Mao (Week 7)
- Week 7 Supplementals:
- On Contradiction (1h 23m)
- Week 7 Supplementals:
For the OOP or people reading this later, I think it’s super advisable to read with others if possible. Also, don’t get the Zizek edited copies of On Practice or On Contradiction and try not to use Socialism 4 All as a source for audiobooks.
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Highly agree, this book is invaluable.
I thought Dialectics of Nature was a great starting point. I think some people treat it unfairly. The book was never finished and is really a collection of incomplete notes published by the USSR, some chapters literally end on an incomplete thought, and so people tend to hate on the book for certain issues in it. But if you go into the book recognizing it is a flawed book but trying to understand the general idea Engels is trying to get at, that part still holds up very well.
I am currently rereading Materialism and Empirio-criticism, it really helped me shake off some neo-positivist tendencies acquired from STEM education.
I’ve heard that Mao’s “On Contradiction” is quite helpful for that
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Seconding this
https://lemmygrad.ml/post/11450117
i tried writing a pamphlet some time ago which could give you some pointers
