I’m looking for the popular science books that are adequate from the Marxist point of view or don’t go in that field at all. Like, “Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind” is recommended everywhere, but I think someone here on lemmygrad wrote that it has questionable moments. I read in English and Russian. Any kind of science will do. Thanks!
What makes a laymen science book popular is it being diluted enough to appease a wide range of demographics. Thus it will inevitably be filled with oversimplifications. And the more popular the less “adequate from the Marxist point of view” it is.
Nevertheless, the closest thing I can recommend to your liking is David Graeber’s The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity. I didn’t read it, though Graeber is an anarchist (close enough) and the book was released fairly recently so it will contain fresh data and studies.
I agree with this but I think simple books can be good. It’s the ones that throw in anti communist rhetoric that I get frustrated with.
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Thanks, I will check this out.