Advanced Theory

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I am looking for articles and books to get into some more advanced theory. Like works written on the problems of revolution and socialist construction. Not just from Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao. But rather more obscure revolutionaries like Álvaro Cunhal, Enver Hoxha, or Kim Il-sung. If anyone could recommend writings by these writers I would appreciate it. If anyone else has other great writings from more obscure writers like these, preferably ones in a leadership position in communist parties or countries, I would appreciate it greatly.

[Q]

The Marxist Internet Archive (http://marxists.org/) has texts of dozens of communist and anarchist writers. Look in the dropdownmenu on the frontpage and pick your writer. It's that easy!

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yea, i know it is. But I don't want a roullette wheel. I sure I could throw a dart at the computer and see which article it lands on, but I was looking for a little more guidance than that. I want to read the articles worth reading. I don't want to end up reading some random guy from some small group talking about why the actions of some other group was wrong when none of these groups or conditions exist anymore. Does anyone have recommendation for Hoxha or Tito or other leaders? I know Hoxha did a lot of writing, but I have no idea what to read.

[Q]

Oh, I see now. The OP gave the impression you knew what you were looking for.

Have you read the classics by Marx and Engels, or if you're more leaning towards anarchism, of Proudhon and Bakunin?

[btpound]

yes, ad nauseum. I am looking for something more recent and more advanced. I don't know exactly what I am looking for, like what exact articles, but I know the type of articles i am looking for, as I said above.

[#FF0000]

yes, ad nauseum. I am looking for something more recent and more advanced. I don't know exactly what I am looking for, like what exact articles, but I know the type of articles i am looking for, as I said above.

Oh, well if you're looking for something more modern then you might want to look into the Situationists, Badiou, Zizek...etc.

[whore]

deoxy.org/endwork.htm the abolition of work, i haven't read it all, but looks good.
the author references this classic text:
marxists.org/archive/lafargue/1883/lazy/ paul Lafargue the right to be lazy


flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/crime_and_punishment.html by Malatest, classic author

flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/bakunin/wia.html what is authority

also, most of the rest of the stuff by the last two authors is also really good.

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Oh, well if you're looking for something more modern then you might want to look into the Situationists, Badiou, Zizek...etc.

yes! Exactly what I am talking about. any more suggested writers or specific articles?

[Niccolò Rossi]

the Situationists, Badiou, Zizek...etc.

I, for one, never understood the appeal. Am I missing something?

[btpound]

okay, let me be clear. I have read plenty of marx and lenin, and feel I have a good grasp of the fundamentals. That being said, I am looking for direction on pursuing advanced theory. By that I mean articles and authors who have written works on marxism from a perspective beyond the basics of the theory. Particularly focusing on revolution and the building of socialism. I am aware of other writers, like Eugene Debs, or Hoxha, or so on. And I know how to find these works. My problem is that some of them wrote so much, and am trying to find specific works worth reading. Like I said earlier, if I picked any work by any writer, i could end up reading something totally useless to me. Or I might pass over something important that at first glance seems trivial. So I am looking for specific works or just specific writers. Like "oh read 'the blah of nations' by comrade blah". I am sorry if my request was too vague, and also sorry if it still is too vague. I am just looking for some directions from my comrades. I see great articles posted sometimes, just wanted to directly try to draw it out. Thanks to any helpful responce.

[#FF0000]

I, for one, never understood the appeal. Am I missing something?

Well, I think Zizek's a cutie.

Anyway, OP, here are some specific works from the people I listed.

Situationists
Guy Debord: The Society of the Spectacle
Raoul Vaneigem: The Revolution of Everyday Life

As for Zizek and Badiou, I'm not very familiar with their work to be honest. Wikipedia has a bibliography of p. much everything they wrote but I wouldn't be able to suggest specific things.

I know there are a lot of videos of Zizek on youtube. I thought this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GD69Cc20rw) of him at Marxism 09 was interesting

[Joe_Germinal]

A comprehensive list is of course impossible, but here are a few starting points off the top of my head:

You mentioned Hoxha, as far as I'm concerned his best books were Imperialism and the Revolution and Eurocommunism is Anti-Communism.

Che Guevara's Man and Socialism in Cuba is an important work, despite occasional voluntarist lapses.

Marxism and the Liberation of Women edited by Ella Rule contains a lot of basic theory but also some excellent advanced theory which serves as a good introduction to the topic.

Leonid Gatovsky's The Methodology of the Socialist Economy Theory is easily one of the greatest works of Soviet economics.

Recapturing Marxism edited my Levine and Lembcke is a great, if slightly outdated, intro to American Marxist sociology which I've found very helpful.

Gramsci's Prison Notebooks are a must for any intellegent person whether Marxist or not.

Zizek, who has come up in a great deal of other posts is a mixed bag in my opinion. The Sublime Object of Ideology was one of his first enduring works, and one of his latest books First As Tragedy, Then As Farce is in my opinion his best yet.

Negro Liberation by Harry Haywood is an excellent introduction to that topic.

Frantz Fannon's Wretched of the Earth is possibly the most important book on anti-colonialism of the post-war era.

Kwame Nkrumah's Neocolonialism, the Highest Stage of Imperialism is also an excellent read.

Happy reading, let me know if you want more suggestions.