What if you literally didn't take the US general election seriously and instead read Domenico Losurdo's few precious translated works and used that to transform everything?

Thankfully Western Marxism: How it was Born, How it Died, How it can be Reborn by Losrudo was just translated into English. Have been wanting to read it for years, as it seems like it's Hexbear's position on Marxism 101. Losurdo is an unmatched thinker, never been disappointed with his work. Description:

Western Marxism: How It Was Born, How It Died, How It Can Be Reborn is a paradigm-shifting book that provides a trenchant critique of the Western left intelligentsia. It reveals how its dominant ideological orientation—characterized by defeatism, utopianism, and anti-communism—is rooted in the political economy of imperialism. Internationally acclaimed theorist Domenico Losurdo thus provides a fresh and challenging perspective on purportedly radical thinkers who have been widely promoted in the imperial core, including those affiliated with the Frankfurt School, French Theory, and operaismo, as well as Hannah Arendt, Giorgio Agamben, Michael Hardt, and Slavoj Žižek, among others. His critique also has wide-reaching implications for trend-setting discourses inspired by this coterie of intellectuals, from postcolonial and decolonial theory to subaltern studies and beyond. Far from being a negative undertaking, however, this book is grounded in the positive project of reigniting anti-imperialist Marxism.

I read through Soren Mau's Mute Compulsion earlier this year. That's the best Marxism 101 text I've encountered.
Found the Appendix which appears to be a summary of a lot of the work, perhaps a paper written prior to the book https://roland-theodore-boer.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-how-western-marxism-was-born-and-how-it-died-losurdo-western-marxism.pdf
- The full pdf is on Anna’s Archive for those who can’t buy it, I couldn’t find an epub for free though. I’m probably gonna buy the epub from Monthly Review and share it myself soon though, since it definitely seems like a worthwhile read.

does he have a book that shows you how to build a gundam

lmao right. Like I enjoyed the few books of his that I've read, but that knowledge isn't going to "transform everything" or whatever is meant by that. I can't nudge this fuckin empire dawg the conditions are nowhere near right for that kind of change
- clearly you haven't read enough, I can feel your low plasm levels through this comment

Losurdo really was so good, one of the great Marxists of our time. RIP.

what are his most famous/important works that haven't yet been translated? i speak italian so translating one could be a fun project

Death to America

Need to get around to finishing Liberalism, but Losurdo has been a big influence on my worldview the past couple years. Reading his works is like a breath of fresh air. I hope Henry and Salvatore (or others!) can do some more translation work, because more people need to read his stuff.

Im watching a talk about him rn seems interesting.

Fuck your critical theory bullshit. I don't need to indulge myself in the frippery of western academic circlejerks to support trans people in my life. I resent the implication.

- big fan of transphobia? i guess this is probably just your other account in which case fuck you.
- obviously you're not quite aware of what you're defending if you haven't seen this comment ... some of that stuff isn't even legal to say in my country.
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- quoting OP who posted this earlier on a year-old post about Feinberg... weird guy. can't believe they haven't qualified for a permaban tbh, not sure what it must take. transphobic misohynist from a different instance seems like a slam dunk to not give a second (third?) chance to for me. https://hexbear.net/modlog?page=1&actionType=All&userId=2019549
I think that was kind of Losrudos point
- very insightful thanks. the guy who just got permabanned for being a transphobic shithead was surely misunderstood and channelling losurdo. no investigation no right to speak!

I started his Stalin book hoping it would be a biography, but it felt like more of a historiography. It was talking about Trosky's criticism of Stalin and Kruschev's de-Stalinization and I wasn't really into it. Not that it seemed like bad history but it wasn't interesting or compelling from what I read.

It’s not a biography in any shape or form, that wasn’t Losurdos goal. He specifically criticises how Stalin is portrayed in media and history.
- yeah I mean its in the sub-title. History and Critique of a Black Legend
It was talking about Trosky's criticism of Stalin and Kruschev's de-Stalinization and I wasn't really into it
I'm not sure I understand why you'd be interested in a book about Stalin but not those things. They are essential for understanding why the picture of Stalin among the western left is so skewed today.
- I misunderstood the premise of the book. I thought it would be more biographical than historiographical.