Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 21:32:13 +0300 (EET DST)
Subject: Re: Rookie question...


Keith,

what are your own interests? Politics, economy, culture, history?
Surely that has something to do with what to read.

For sure I can say only one thing:

> like to know is, in what order should I tackle this huge body
> of texts and are there some that are more essential (ie. read
> these at all costs) than others.

"Capital" vol 1 is most definitely essential. It's the backbone.

>   I've been cruising the used
> book stores and have found alot of stuff, but am truly at a
> loss as to where to begin.

Communist Manifesto! and one of these:
- (perhaps "Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts" 1844)
- (with Engels) "Feuerbach", 1st ch. of "German Ideology" 1845-46
- "Zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie" 1858-59
  (is this as "Outline..." in English?)

Jukka L



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