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Neo-Marxism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Neo-Marxism is a loose term for various twentieth-century approaches that amend or extend Marxism and Marxist theory, usually by incorporating elements from other intellectual traditions, such as: cr...
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Marxism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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however, someone beginning to learn Marxism and neo-Marxism needs to stay conscious of the fact that each major theorist uses particular terms in his or her particular way.
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This month's Currents in Modern Thought section features five articles on Marxism and one on communist autobiographies, all of which explore the continued relevance of Marxist thought. The question underlying most of these essays is: what part of Marx's historical worldview and social analysis remains valid for our time?
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Neo-Marxism was a 20th century school that harkened back to the early writings of Marx before the influence of Engels which focused on dialectical idealism rather than dialectical materialism, and thus rejected the economic determinism of early Marx, focusing instead on a non-physical, psychological revolution.
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'Obama learned his lesson well. ... Notes on Saul Alinsky and Neo-Marxism: ... Neo-Marxism is a loose term for various twentieth-century approaches that amend or extend Marxism and Marxist theory, usually by incorporating elements from other intellectual traditions, such as: critical theory or psychoanalysis.
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Around 1980, much of the theoretical drive of neo-Marxian thinking was channelled into what has been called "practice theory". See Ortner (1984). (See also alienation, evolutionism, postmodernism.)
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