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Readers Guide to The Marxist Classics
Background Readings
- Where Do Correct Ideas Come From? Mao Tse-tung
- On Practice Mao Tse-tung
- On Contradiction Mao Tse-tung
(All of these are available in 'Five Essays on Philosophy' by Mao Tse-tung)
- Socialism: Utopian and Scientific F. Engels
- Dialectical Materialism V. Adoratsky
- Dialectical and Historical Materialism J. Stalin
- Dialectical Materialism() (Link not the same title as listed?) M. Cornforth
- Communist Manifesto Marx-Engels
- Karl Marx V.I. Lenin
- History of C.P.S.U. (B) C.P.S.U. (B)
(First of all, complete the first background readings till the article of Lenin, 'Karl Marx'. After that, one can start the beginner level, and the rest of the readings of background section could be completed in between the Trimesters, according to the convenience of the reader. It is instrumental to read the last reading, that is 'History of the C.P.S.U. (B)' before the Third Trimester because, without that it would be difficult to understand the writings of Lenin and Stalin on the question of Party.)
Beginner Level
First Trimester
Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy F. Engels
Militant Materialism G.Plekhanov
Fundamentals of Political Economy (Volume-I) Shanghai Textbook (Suggested: Replace shanghai textbooks with the British communist party published 'Political economy: Marxist study courses'.)
Wage, Labour and Capital Karl Marx
The State and Revolution V.I. Lenin
Second Trimester
Anti-Duhring F. Engels
Materialism and Empirio-Criticism V.I. Lenin
Wages, Price and Profit K. Marx
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism V.I. Lenin
State and Revolution V.I. Lenin
Critique of the Gotha Programme K. Marx
Documents of the GPCR Communist Party of China
Class Struggles in France: 1848-50 K. Marx
Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat J. Sakai
Liberalism: A Counter-History D. Losurdo
Third Trimester
Fundamental Problems of Marxism G. Plekhanov
On Practice Mao Tse-tung
On the Question of Dialectics V.I. Lenin
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy K. Marx
Proletarian Revolution and Renegade Kautsky V.I. Lenin
Fall of the Second International V.I. Lenin
What is to be Done? V.I. Lenin
Civil War in France K. Marx
Intermediate Level
Fourth Trimester
On Contradiction Mao Tse-tung
Feuerbach. Opposition of the Materialistic and Idealistic Outlook Marx-Engels
(in Vol-3 of Selected Works)
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy K.Marx
Documents of the Great Debate C.C.P. and C.P.S.U. (B)
Preface, 'Class Struggles in the USSR', Vol-1 Charles Bettelheim
Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR J. Stalin
One Step Forward Two Steps Back V.I. Lenin
Eighteenth Brumaire of Louise Bonaparte K. Marx
Fifth Trimester
Poverty of Philosophy K. Marx
Dialectics of Nature F. Engels
Development of Capitalism in Russia V.I. Lenin
On Proletarian Dictatorship Marx-Engels-Lenin-Stalin
Cultural Revolution and Industrial Organization in China Charles Bettelheim (Read particularly critically)
A Critique of Soviet Economics Mao Tse-tung
The Organization and Structure of the Communist Party V.I. Lenin
"Left"-wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder V.I. Lenin
Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Germany F. Engels
Sixth Trimester
Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 K.Marx
On Imperialism and Imperialists V.I. Lenin
Fundamentals of Political Economy (Vol-2) Shanghai Textbook (Suggested: Replace shanghai textbooks with the British communist party published 'Political economy: Marxist study courses'.)
On Soviet State Apparatus V.I. Lenin
Party Work Among Masses V.I. Lenin
The Basic Understanding of the Communist Party of China C.C.P.
Peasant War in Germany F. Engels
Advanced Level
Seventh Trimester
German Ideology Marx-Engels
Capital (Vol-I) [from Chapter 1-3) K. Marx
A Characterization of Economic Romanticism V.I .Lenin
On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among Masses Mao Tse-tung
Party Literature and Party Organization V.I. Lenin
On Party Lenin-Stalin
Socialism or Anarchism? J. Stalin
Eighth Trimester
Holy Family Marx-Engels
Capital (Vol-1) [from Chapter 4-6] K. Marx
On the So-Called Market Question V.I. Lenin
Two Tactics of Social Democracy… V.I. Lenin
Origin of Family, Private Property and State F. Engels
Ninth Trimester
The Development of the Monist View of History G. Plekhanov
Marxism and Problems of Linguistics J. Stalin
On the Housing Question F. Engels
Capital (Vol-1) [from Chapter 7-11] K. Marx
Conditions of the English Working Class F. Engels
Tenth Trimester
On the Jewish Question K. Marx
The Meaning of Hegel G. Plekhanov
On the National Question J. Stalin
Thesis on the National Question V.I. Lenin
Capital (Vol-1) [from Chapter 12-15] K. Marx
Problems of Marxism A. Gramsci
Very Advanced Level
Eleventh Trimester
Materialist Conception of History G. Plekhanov
Philosophical Notebooks V.I. Lenin
Capital (Vol-1) [from Chapter 16-22] K. Marx
Notes on Italian History A. Gramsci
Twelfth Trimester
The Study of Philosophy A. Gramsci
Lenin and Philosophy L. Althusser
Capital (Vol.1) [from Chapter 23-25] K. Marx
Lenin-Theoretician of Practice G. Lukacs
Thirteenth Trimester
Capital (Vol.1) [from Chapter 26-33] K. Marx
Class Struggles in the USSR (Vol-1) Charles Bettelheim (Read particularly critically)
Economic Development in USSR since 1917 M. Dobb
Lenin-A Study in the Unity of his Thought G. Lukacs
On State and Civil Society A. Gramsci
For Marx L. Althusser (Read particularly critically)
- After this, one can surf in the sea of Marxist theory as they wish. Our suggestion would be to finish the rest of the Capital, that is, the remaining two volumes, first of all. In philosophy, writings of Althusser, Lukacs and Gramsci can be suggested. In political economy, the debate around the question of Socialist transition between Sweezy, Bettelheim and the debate on the nature of Soviet State and Society between the R. Lotta, Al Szymanski, Sweezy, etc. Apart from that everything can be read! Moreover, even when one has reached the Very Advanced or Advanced level, the classics of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao must be read again and again. This is a syllabus in Marxist philosophy, political economy and the question of state, socialism and class struggle. However, there is whole lot of writings of especially Lenin, Stalin and Mao on Marxist politics, military science, etc. that must be read. Moreover, writings of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Mao on Art and Culture. Then, there are writings on science by Marx, Engels, Plekhanov, Lenin, etc and other Marxists.***
- But one must go through this serial, so that they become a consistent Marxist rather than "Marxologist"! So, please follow the trimesters to get hold of things properly.***