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Idea for a neverending Das Kapital bookclub (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It would take six months or a year and at the end we just start over agin, so people can jump in at any point.

What do you think? This would be in addition to once-off bookclubs.

One thing I'm unsure of is do we do Volumes 1-3, or repeat 1? Or 1-4?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I get it, but someone getting through all of abridged is still better than someone getting through one chapter of the source text.

If we have to pick one I recommend Borchardt's "The People's Marx" because each chapter directly cites where it's abridged from in the source text which means you can use it as a sort of teaser or cliffnotes.

Also a good chance for people to discuss the differences between the abridged text and the original text.

Julian's focus was to provide an overview of the source that allowed workers to quickly cross reference with the source which I think for an ongoing reading group would be helpful, as someone who comes in late and read discussions about the text in context of a book that's 300 pages rather than 3000