Category: Politics
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In Search of Wagner
Inside In Search of Wagner, Theodor Adorno undertakes an incisive exploration of Richard Wagner’s musical and ideological landscape, achieving a synthesis of musical critique and socio-political analysis that remains unparalleled in the field of Wagner studies. Written during Adorno’s exile in the late 1930s, this work dissects Wagner’s operatic corpus through the lens of Frankfurt…
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‘Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays’ by Louis Althusser
Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays by Louis Althusser stands as a monumental contribution to Marxist theory and philosophy. Louis Althusser, a preeminent figure in Western Marxism post-World War II, combined a series of profound essays that have reshaped contemporary understanding of Marxist philosophy. A defector from his Catholic upbringing, Althusser’s intellectual journey led him…
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Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA2)
The Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA) represents the most comprehensive collection of writings by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels available in any language, offering an unparalleled journey into the revolutionary minds that reshaped the understanding of socio-economic structures. This monumental project is dedicated to producing a critical edition of the complete works of Marx and Engels, reproduced from…
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Marx-Engels-Werke (MEW)
The Marx-Engels-Werke (MEW), often referred to as the Blue Volumes, is a comprehensive and widely cited German edition of the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. This monumental collection spans 44 volumes (in 46 books), initially published from 1956 onwards by the Institute for Marxism-Leninism at the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party…
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Slavoj Žižek presents ‘Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky’ by Leon Trotsky
Terrorism and Communism by Leon Trotsky, with an incisive commentary by Slavoj Žižek, stands as a pivotal text in revolutionary literature, emerging from Russia’s Civil War. Written in 1920, Trotsky’s work is a fervent defence of the Bolshevik use of force and terror as essential instruments for the establishment and preservation of a socialist state.…
Simon Gros 