What literature do I read to get into modern left thought? Should I read Deleuze or Foucault? Please don't suggest the charlatan Zizek.
>inb4 /pol/yps shit up this thread
Please do, /pol/acks, I enjoy every minute of it.
Left-wing Literature Thread
Eli Phillips
Angel Bell
1984 is more poignant now than ever.
Dominic Sullivan
Didn't Orwell admit that 1984 and Animal Farm were just as much a critique of Western "democracies" as they were of Stalinism and Marxism.
Jaxon Carter
Nope. Exclusively Marxism.
Adrian Clark
B R E A D
Bentley Wilson
the FRANKFurt schol
Carter Reed
Orwell was literally a Trotskyist and fought for socialism in Spain
Brayden Hernandez
That was before he wrote Animal Farm and 1984. Experiencing the atrocities of Marxist thought first-hand compelled him to write against it.
Jaxon Harris
I thought he became disillusioned with Marxism in general though. Historically, "Trotskyists" were just western 'communists' who didn't really follow Trotsky, and even denounced him for Kronstadt, advocating war with Poland, etc.
Aiden Johnson
>Atrocities of Marxist thought
He saw the atrocities of the Red Army and the Wehrmacht in Spain against anarchists. It has nothing to do with Marxist "thought" - just global politics and Stalin.