Marxism study notes
A concept explorer for Marx and the tradition that followed him. Every idea comes with where it is set out, what it is usually taken to mean and why that reading is thin, and the strongest objection its critics have raised. Build a citation-linked reading list and attach your own notes to any concept or text. Everything stays on your device.
Concepts
Each entry gives the claim as its proponents state it, where it is set out, the reading students most often give, and the strongest objection raised against it. Tap a card to open the full entry and attach a note.
Debates
Ten questions on which serious people disagree, with the case each side makes set out in its own terms. These are the questions examiners set, because they are the ones that are actually open.
Texts
What each work is, when it was written, what state it was in when Marx left it, and a realistic route through it. Editorial history matters here more than in most fields, because several of the central texts were assembled after his death.
Reading list
Build a citation-linked list. Add any text from the library or your own source, attach notes to it, and export the whole thing with references already formatted.
Essay method
Nine moves for writing about Marx, and the failure each one prevents. Most marks are lost on the same handful of errors.
Extending this
Everything here renders from five arrays. Adding a concept, a debate, a text, a thinker or a method entry is appending one object, and no application code changes.
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