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Books by Karl Marx mentioned on podcasts
Karl Marx and his prominent texts were discussed across multiple podcast appearances. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Jesse Michels mentioned Marx and his 1848 publication 'The Communist Manifesto,' alongside the 1844 release 'Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts,' criticizing Marx's assertions regarding human behavior, labor, and animal instincts under capitalism. Timcast IRL featured a host using 'The Communist Manifesto' symbolically to describe communist ideology in a hypothetical scenario, while another episode included a speaker referencing Marx as the famed author of the manifesto while discussing the historical consequences of his ideas. On Behind the Bastards, the host analyzed Kent Hovind's misinterpretation of chapter two of 'The Communist Manifesto' regarding income taxes and communist plots. Additionally, on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, Dr. James Lindsay mentioned Marx's 'Capital' during a conversation on Marxism, arguing that focusing solely on Marx's economic analysis misses the broader ideological picture.
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The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is a foundational 1848 political pamphlet that outlines the core tenets of Marxism, class struggle, and the eventual overthrow of the capitalist system.
Discussed“And on the first day of class, I would assign Karl Marx. And I always remember that, the Communist Manifesto to these freshmen in the Southeast, the small kind of liberal arts colleges.”
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Capital
Capital by Karl Marx is a foundational critique of political economy that examines the mechanics of capitalist production, commodity fetishism, and the systemic exploitation of labor.
Recommended“And it's like Besant needs to go back and reread his like volume three of volume three of Marx's Capital, which talks about the way that debt and leverage shape who has control over over resources, cuz I think he's he's forgotten uh the way that this has unfolded.”
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Das Capital Volume One
Das Capital Volume One by Karl Marx is a foundational 1867 text detailing Marxist economic theory, labor, and capitalism.
Discussed“Quote, 'Just because I own a copy of Minecom, does that make me a Nazi? If I own Dos Capital, does that make me a Marxist?' Unquote.”
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Das Kapital
Das Kapital by Karl Marx is a monumental three-volume economic and social analysis of capitalism, the commodification of labor, and the alienating effects of industrial modernization.
Discussed“If we focus on his economic analysis in 'Capital', we miss the entire picture.”
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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx is a classic political essay analyzing the 1851 coup d'état in France through the lens of historical materialism and class struggle.
Discussed“170 years ago, Markx wrote this in the 18th premier of Louis Bonapart, his own response to a nation's nationalist attempt to restore its former glory by invoking the name of a previous leader. The social revolution of the 19th century cannot take its poetry from the past, but only from the future.”
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Grundrisse
Grundrisse by Karl Marx is a massive and influential collection of preliminary notebooks written in 1857 and 1858 that laid the theoretical groundwork for Das Kapital, focusing on the critique of political economy, capitalism, and production.
Discussed“and then on page 267 of the penguin edition of the grandr literally your memory one and a half pages long footnote”
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Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Discussed“It's very, if you go back and you read the first page of Marx's "Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right," which sounds obscure, but that's the very famous, "religion is the opiate of the masses" page. It's just one page.”
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Critique of the Gotha Programme
Discussed“Um he writes a thing called the critique of the gotha program where he goes on a giant rant about how you know nature also produces use values and so on and so forth.”
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Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
Discussed“In 1844 I believe he wrote a book um called you know is e economic and philosophic manuscripts. I hate Karl Marx.”
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Karl Marx on the Jewish Question
Discussed“And our reading for that week was two books. One was Karl Marx's The Jewish Question and I had coupled that with Elie Wiesel's Night.”
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Karl Marx, Frederick Engels : Collected Works. Vol. 3
Discussed“One thing that's fascinating about Marx is that he's known as a critic of capitalism. But actually, when you read Capital, Volume 1, 2, and 3, you end up really admiring and appreciating the dynamic aspect of capitalism, which is technological change.”
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On the Jewish Question
Discussed“In 1844, Markx wrote an essay with the deeply unfortunate title on the Jewish question. He's not the only one using this phrase. Like that's why Hitler uses it, right? It is called that by a lot of people.”
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Pre-capitalist economic formations
Discussed“In 1844 I believe he wrote a book um called you know is e economic and philosophic manuscripts. I hate Karl Marx. I think he got so much wrong about human nature.”
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