Howdy y’all!

I’m thinking of starting weekly posts for a bit, as a sort of book club. I wanted to do something a little different, though. I thought it might be more interesting, and promote more discussion, to do “nonessential” works - things that don’t get recommended for usual book club threads, or for new Marxists.

Reading Debray’s “Revolution in Revolution” made me think of this, but I haven’t found a good online copy yet.

What do y’all think? Any thoughts?

  • diegeticscream[all]🔻OP
    8•1 year ago

    On parameters

    These were my thoughts on parameters for the posts.

    -weekly chapter discussions.
    -summary discussion.
    -some prompt questions to promote discussion.
    -only suggest and agree on the next book, not a whole bunch in the future (keeps things fresh, and we don’t get bogged down in a 50 book schedule).

    If you’ve got suggestions, please let me know!

    • @redtea
      6•1 year ago

      Sounds workable, and the last point is good because it will keep the group open to newcomers and let people dip in and out.

      Some broad (unoriginal) prompt questions include (feel free not to use these or to ask some for some texts but not others):

      1. What is the author saying?
      2. How are they saying it? (Method, structure, type of evidence, etc.)
      3. Are they persuasive?
      4. What have they missed?