Re: KARL MARX LESEN : The Communist Manifesto, 1848

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: : : (3.99 $ at www.amazon.com): : : The new book I propose to read and discuss : : : together here on line is THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO : : : written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848. : : : 150 years later, this wonderful text is more than : : : relevant. It gives a detailed description of : : : neoliberalism and the way modern - contemporary - : : : capitalism works. : : : The most astonishing aspects of his historical and : : : structural analysis - and in particular in The : : : Capital - is his detailed multi faceted : : : descriptions of how capitalism is constructed. : : : Where it comes from, where it goes to. This is not : : : to say, that by studying capitalism, its genealogy : : : and its ontology, one necessarily has to share : : : the same conclusions of a proletarian dictatorship : : : he did. Quite the opposite. : : : Today, his texts are the new bible of stock : : : brokers who can see themselves mirrored and well : : : depicted. Marx anticipated a world of high tech : : : communication networks, global turbo-capitalism : : : and speaks of a bankocraty (Das Kapital) that : : : reigns the world. : : : He is absolutely right. But he underestimated and : : : overestimated the teleological force of his : : : thoughts. Marx in his introduction to Das Kapital : : : speaks very clearly that the German society : : : suffers from too much and not enough : : : industrialization at the same time. Marx can very : : : easily be read as the ultimate capitalist. : : : Definitely as the ultimate critic, historian and : : : analyst of capitalism, imperialism, sexism, and : : : colonialism. His remarks on the state of the : : : family, the function of women and children have : : : come more than true. Todays capitalism exploits : : : mostly women and children. (I hope your sneakers : : : or all kind of other sports wear you are having on : : : hurt a little bit.... ).: : : Even in his 40 pages of the Manifesto it is all : : : there. It is brilliantly written and full of : : : insights that can serve today moren than ever as : : : a powerful tool to come to terms (ideological, : : : social, political, etc...) with contemporary : : : reality. : : : As in the past I will give portions of the text : : : and hope to generate a discussion and hopefully : : : actions. : : : Any conclusions of his analysis are up to you. You : : : can become a stock broker, an educator (I guess I : : : could be named an educator) a neo RAF bomb builder : : : or an info-terrorist on the internet. Resistance : : : or affirmation, protest, outrage or collaboration : : : -- this book helps you.: : : (taken from#rainer`s reading seminar# (bbs.thing.net)

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