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A review by sean_2005
The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality by Bhaskar Sunkara
3.0
This book was different than what I thought it would be. I saw the name "manifesto", and I thought that this is a political or theoretical book, which for 90% of it, it isn't.
This book is more of an introduction to the mass worker's movements in the 20th century, "Socialist History 101" or something like that. Each chapter aside the first two and the last one are divided by topics. For example, there is a chapter about the SPD (The Social-Democratic party of Germany) and a chapter about the Russian Revolution.
So this wasn't what I expected, because for history I'd buy a history book, not a theoretical manifesto. Although it's cons for me, different to my expectations, I find it a good book, doing what he actually does, telling and summarizing socialist history. It was easy to read, the vocabulary was at a very daily level, which is good I think.
I rated it 3 stars because of it being a bit confusing, but aside from that, it's a good read. I recommend to newbies for Socialism and overall the message of the book is optimistic about the future.
This book is more of an introduction to the mass worker's movements in the 20th century, "Socialist History 101" or something like that. Each chapter aside the first two and the last one are divided by topics. For example, there is a chapter about the SPD (The Social-Democratic party of Germany) and a chapter about the Russian Revolution.
So this wasn't what I expected, because for history I'd buy a history book, not a theoretical manifesto. Although it's cons for me, different to my expectations, I find it a good book, doing what he actually does, telling and summarizing socialist history. It was easy to read, the vocabulary was at a very daily level, which is good I think.
I rated it 3 stars because of it being a bit confusing, but aside from that, it's a good read. I recommend to newbies for Socialism and overall the message of the book is optimistic about the future.