A solid sample of historical materialism of historical value
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Lenin's unmistakable polemical style demolishes the common eristic tricks of a typical petty bourgeois philistine and his lack of decent reading comprehension. It is witty and incisive as is Lenin's writing in general. Not a dull academic lecture but a solid work of a prodigious mind. But aside from being a valuable defense of historical materialism, since there are better ones and a lot it's subject matter is not that relevant today (the circumstantial side of it at least), it is mostly of historical interest. It also has the Achilles' heel of Lenin's writing, namely very lenthy passages and paragraphs that even despite their captivating content can leave a reader overwhelmed and fatigued. Yet still in addition to all of that I'd consider it, at its core, a good example of demolishing the reactionary drivel by demonstrating it has got no actual arguments – so common among today's 'smart guys', …
Lenin's unmistakable polemical style demolishes the common eristic tricks of a typical petty bourgeois philistine and his lack of decent reading comprehension. It is witty and incisive as is Lenin's writing in general. Not a dull academic lecture but a solid work of a prodigious mind. But aside from being a valuable defense of historical materialism, since there are better ones and a lot it's subject matter is not that relevant today (the circumstantial side of it at least), it is mostly of historical interest. It also has the Achilles' heel of Lenin's writing, namely very lenthy passages and paragraphs that even despite their captivating content can leave a reader overwhelmed and fatigued. Yet still in addition to all of that I'd consider it, at its core, a good example of demolishing the reactionary drivel by demonstrating it has got no actual arguments – so common among today's 'smart guys', isn't it?!