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**Frownland** · 05-16-2021, 01:34 PM

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**Frownland** · 05-16-2021, 01:34 PM

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The Batlord · 05-16-2021, 02:39 PM

So how difficult is Das Kapital? I've heard things.

**Frownland** · 05-16-2021, 03:02 PM

I'm only a couple hundred pages in, but if you've read any continental philosophy before, you should be able to handle it. It definitely takes focus and could use brevity in places, but his poeticism and the diversity of materials he references make it worth it. I've heard similar things and while there is some dry economics, it's not nearly as rough as I was expecting. I'm also reading David Harvey's companion to Capital, which helps. I prefer it to the manifesto so far, Marx is better when he has space to breathe.

**Marie Monday** · 05-16-2021, 03:48 PM

nice book collection, Frown
I don't have much here; I always leeched off my mom's really large collection, basically using it as a library, until corona came and I got stuck here in England without being able to refresh my book pile more than twice a year. So it's only recently that I've had the need to accumulate more books of my own. Also my housing situation is a bit unstable and I don't have a bookcase, so they lie around in chaotic stacks

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The Batlord · 05-16-2021, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I'm only a couple hundred pages in, but if you've read any continental philosophy before, you should be able to handle it. It definitely takes focus and could use brevity in places, but his poeticism and the diversity of materials he references make it worth it. I've heard similar things and while there is some dry economics, it's not nearly as rough as I was expecting. I'm also reading David Harvey's companion to Capital, which helps. I prefer it to the manifesto so far, Marx is better when he has space to breathe.

Geh. I really should start reading all that theory ****. Politically I'm lost and nihilistic aside from being firmly anti-capitalist and grounding my brain with socialist nerd **** might be productive.

**Frownland** · 05-16-2021, 04:01 PM

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nice book collection, Frown
I don't have much here; I always leeched off my mom's really large collection, basically using it as a library, until corona came and I got stuck here in England without being able to refresh my book pile more than twice a year. So it's only recently that I've had the need to accumulate more books of my own. Also my housing situation is a bit unstable and I don't have a bookcase, so they lie around in chaotic stacks

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Dickinson <3

Are the Bennink and Misha Mengelberg books written by them or about them? My friend and I were just listening to this album yesterday

That Proust set looks really nice. I have an almost 100 year old copy of Swann's Way that I need to get to.

**Frownland** · 05-16-2021, 04:09 PM

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Geh. I really should start reading all that theory ****. Politically I'm lost and nihilistic aside from being firmly anti-capitalist and grounding my brain with socialist nerd **** might be productive.

Fanon's very readable, might be a good place to start.

**Marie Monday** · 05-16-2021, 04:12 PM

the Mengelberg and Bennink books are about them, gifts from a Dutch jazz friend I made. I spent HOURS tracking down the cheapest copies of these specific Proust editions lol, worth it. Swann's Way is not among them because it's what I'm currently reading (I ordered them weeks ago but one of them got delayed and of course it was book 1)

edit: wait actually no, the Mengelberg book is his own writings! I haven't gotten around to that one yet, now I'm excited

**Frownland** · 05-16-2021, 04:25 PM

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the Mengelberg and Bennink books are about them, gifts from a Dutch jazz friend I made. I spent HOURS tracking down the cheapest copies of these specific Proust editions lol, worth it. Swann's Way is not among them because it's what I'm currently reading (I ordered them weeks ago but one of them got delayed and of course it was book 1)

edit: wait actually no, the Mengelberg book is his own writings! I haven't gotten around to that one yet, now I'm excited

That's awesome, he was a pure soul and I bet his writings capture that.

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I have an almost 100 year old copy of Swann's Way that I need to get to.

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I would be concerned about ruining it by reading it, but I got it for cheap at a bookstore that specializes in antique books which usually means that it's mass produced and easyish to find.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Main shelves: Overflow: Currently reading stack: __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Close ups: Spoiler for hidden behind the stack: Linguistic Meaning by Allan James Baldwin's Collected Essays The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Middlesex The Corrections Circuit City Playbill Reflections on the Revolution in France Spoiler for hidden behind the stack: Anarchism and Other Essays by Goldman A Short History of Nearly Everything Liberalism: A Counter History Language and Thought by Chomsky Morphology and Lexical Semantics A Brief History of Time Plato's Republic The Politics by Aristotle The Best American Poetry 2016 All the President's Men A Confederacy of Dunces Talking Power __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

05-16-2021, 03:02 PM	#24 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I'm only a couple hundred pages in, but if you've read any continental philosophy before, you should be able to handle it. It definitely takes focus and could use brevity in places, but his poeticism and the diversity of materials he references make it worth it. I've heard similar things and while there is some dry economics, it's not nearly as rough as I was expecting. I'm also reading David Harvey's companion to Capital, which helps. I prefer it to the manifesto so far, Marx is better when he has space to breathe. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x