{"product_id":"lenins-philosophical-notebooks-marxism-made-cheap","title":"Lenin's Philosophical Notebooks (Marxism Made Cheap)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003ch5\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the great summits of Marxist theory, Lenin's famed Philosophical Notebooks on Hegel, Feurbach, Marx, Aristotle, and the major debates of his era are a long-ignored wellspring for academics and activists alike!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAphorism: It is impossible completely to understand Marx's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eCapital\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and especially its first chapter, without having thoroughly studied and understood the whole of Hegel's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eLogic\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Consequently, half a century later none of the Marxists understood Marx!!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,” exclaimed the Russian exile Lenin.\u003cbr\u003eLiving in Switzerland, utterly flummoxed as the European Socialist movement imploded into the bloodshed of the First World War where proletarian solidarity was sacrificed in service of racism, colonialism, imperialism, and Great Nation chauvinism, Vladimir Ilyitch Ulyanov, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003enom de guerre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Lenin, retired to study the writings of G. F. W. Hegel, the foundational theorist that inspired Marx. After reading \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Science of Logic, Lectures on the Philosophy of History,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLesser Logic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, he emerged with the grasp of dialectics that enabled him to author later monumental works such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe April Theses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eState and Revolution\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eLong dismissed unfairly as an authoritarian monster, author of Stalin's worst totalitarian abuses, here is Lenin the continental philosopher, theorist, and critic. With End Notes, Index, and Editorial provided by the Soviet Progress Publishers, this volume, long out-of-print and unfairly maligned by a century of Cold War calumnies and prejudices, now is reissued in an affordable and accessible form for a new century of scholars and activists seeking to grasp the true depth of this revolutionary philosopher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe deep richness of Lenin's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e would overwhelm me if it were not for their utter simplicity. It is a masterly understatement to say that I am immensely impressed. -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaya Dunayevskaya\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eAlso available\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Hegelian Marxist’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLogic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(ASIN: B0GZG2FS99, https:\/\/a.co\/d\/0hnmrcyr) includes the entirety of Hegel’s Logic as translated by William Wallace and a host of introductory material, including an in-depth interview with scholar Andy Blunden, who explains the complex philosophical genealogy between Hegel, Marx, and finally Lenin.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914325975231,"sku":"b29cf25c-e5f0-4535-9d5d-80d95ff4fe6b","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/2bb81b7a3f1809fc0b6ea64d3b1804a3.jpg?v=1785056883","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/lenins-philosophical-notebooks-marxism-made-cheap","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}