A Comprehensive Course in Marxism

A Comprehensive Course in Marxism
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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)

• Part Played by Labour in Transition from Ape to Man F. Engels

• 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

• The Three Sources and Three Components of Marxism 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.***