Anti-Jameson criticism gets co-opted by anti-Marxist circles regardless of intent
Evidence
It has been a matter of considerable personal irritation for me that my essay appeared at a time when Jameson was very much under attack precisely for being an unrepentant Marxist. There remain at least some circles where almost anything that was so fundamentally critical of him was welcome, so that my article has been pressed into that sort of service, even though my own disagreement had been registered on the opposite groundsnamely, that I had found that particular essay of his not rigorous enough in its Marxism. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 54
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Attacks on vulgar economism are often mistaken for critiques of Marxism itself; One can criticize Marxist orthodoxy without abandoning Marxist tools — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 984; Formalist criticism and Marxism are compatible, not opposed (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Attacks on vulgar economism are often mistaken for critiques of Marxism itself
#complicates(0.80) - Marxist theory has itself ossified into the popular prejudice it critiqued
#corroborates(0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1407 - One can criticize Marxist orthodoxy without abandoning Marxist tools
#corroborates(0.75) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 984 - Formalist criticism and Marxism are compatible, not opposed
#complicates(0.75)