Synopsis
A magisterial three-part history and critique of Marxism, tracing its origins, growth, and dissolution, and arguing its utopian core led toward tyranny.
Core passage idea
Paraphrase · Modern copyrighted workMarxism's dream of total human liberation contained the seeds of its descent into oppression once put into practice.
It argues that the catastrophe of communist regimes was not a betrayal of Marxism but latent within it.
To avoid a bubble
Pair with Karl Marx, Capital, Volume I.
Reading note
Vast and erudite; read for the overall arc, or use volumes as reference on particular thinkers.
Best paired with
Karl Marx, Capital, Volume I
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