So, what have you been reading recently? | 📚 Weekly book discussion, review, and recommendations thread, February 1st, 2026 (lemmygrad.ml)

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[-] Cowbee@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 months ago

I've begun Maurice Cornforth's Materialism and the Dialectical Method to see if it's a good replacement for Georges Politzer's Elementary Principles of Philosophy in my intro Marxist-Leninist reading list. So far, so good! Really enjoying the clarity of Cornforth, something he has in common with Politzer.

[-] prof_tincoa@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Any particular reason to look for a replacement?

[-] Cowbee@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Politzer makes a few errors regarding internal contradiction and autodynamism. Still solid overall, but I'm seeing if anything does what it does without making the errors. See this comment chain.

[-] prof_tincoa@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Thank you, you're always so helpful

[-] Cowbee@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 months ago

No problem, thank you!

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