I often find non-marxist political science frustrating in ways I can’t describe. It always seems focuses on the wrong things yet I don’t have the foundation to even begin to critique it.

  • Rextreff@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 days ago

    The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities Capital in the 21st century Principles of Economics by Menger The labour tradition and the paradoxers of politics the little blue book: the essential guide to thinking and talking democratic Arneson, Richard (1982), ‘The Principle of Fairness and Free-Rider Problems’ Simmons, A. John (1979), ‘The Principle of Fair Play’ Also the books in this list: https://old.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/wiki/readinglist (don’t actually look at the posts, it’s pretty cringe)

  • Dengalicious@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 days ago

    I think reading classical liberal authors like Locke, Hume, Mill, Bentham, Ricardo, Smith, Voltaire, and Montesquieu is the best way to understand. (And as an aside, I think absolutely everyone on Earth should read Kant, to understand anything that came after him, it is necessary without a shadow of a doubt, even to understand Marxism). But overall, starting with where these ideas came from is the ideal way in my mind.

  • Max@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 days ago

    As an absolute ground floor starting point, I’d suggest getting some 101 level textbooks of any non-explicitly Marxist intro political science course taught in a US university. That will introduce you to general topics and the unique language used in the field; you can read on specifics from there using other textbooks or sources given in the 101 books.

  • ghost_of_faso3@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Foucault and Baudrillard are decent intros if you’re trying to understand 1950s-2010s post-modernism and the deviation of marxism that it took.

    Further reading I would suggest Georges Battielle, Steven Lukes (He’s closer to being a marxist but focuses more on structuralism and power dynamics) and Judith Butler.