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So, what have you been reading recently? | ๐ Weekly book discussion, review, and recommendations thread, February 1st, 2026
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Fiction or Non-Fiction, academic or casual, theory or non-theory, feel free to mention books of any genre and on any topic.
I've begun Maurice Cornforth's Materialism and the Dialectical Method to see if it's a good replacement for Georges Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy in my intro Marxist-Leninist reading list. So far, so good! Really enjoying the clarity of Cornforth, something he has in common with Politzer.
Any particular reason to look for a replacement?
Politzer makes a few errors regarding internal contradiction and autodynamism. Still solid overall, but I'm seeing if anything does what it does without making the errors. See this comment chain.
Thank you, you're always so helpful
No problem, thank you!
Time to write a book, comrade cowbee. Publish it on the web.
Nah, though I have thought about contributing to comrade's library and making .epubs of uncommon books!