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What are some beginner texts to political philosophy? (lemmygrad.ml)

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Not just Marxist philosophy I want to read and understand other schools of thought too

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

How about starting with a guide, and make notes on primary sources for later?

Anything you get here will be someone's take on the path for sociology. Just like the author of a sociology review guide/book.

Otherwise, sociology concepts tend to be non trivial to navigate, because beginners miss the historical context in which concepts are proposed. And where primary sources are coming from.

This take "primary sources only" hamper your potential understanding, in my opinion. Building this knowledge individually feels pointless, idealistic, even. Because it lacks dialogue with other people that are living and applying those concepts, and risks giving you just a perspective based only on your own limited experience, instead of an actual grasp on the gradient of sociological ideas. Which is apparently what you are looking for.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Some very politically "neutral" are "the book of" series. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24878419-the-sociology-book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8493026-the-philosophy-book

You can find them on Anna's archive.

I honestly don't know how to describe them relative to how lemmygrad's political line, but I like that there's a time line, and it felt complete enough for my young self.

I suppose after getting a grasp, some vocabulary, and context, it is probably easier to follow prolewiki's: https://en.prolewiki.org/index.php?title=Portal:Marxism&v=10

I'd also follow the collective study groups here, in your position. :)

Let me know how it goes! Hasta la victoria, siempre!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's a tracking link we use to see if people click on the new "pills" on the homepage! I recommend using https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Portal:Marxism instead, that way it doesn't get counted in our stats lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Sorted.

I'd suggest using industry standard (utm tracking codes) for that. I thought v=10 was a versoning parameter and didn't remove it. :D

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