Benjamin’s practice fell short of his professed Marxist credentials as a left intellectual

Evidence

190 On the basis of his experience and his committed work as a left intellectual writer, Benjamin should in fact have had a closer relationship to Marxist theory than Adorno. But did he really show greater competence in practising what he wrote in his Theses on the Philosophy of History'that historical materialism is easily a match for anyone if it enlists the services of theology, which today, as we know, is wizened and has to keep out of sight’? — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 236

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Benjamin’s stated Marxism was not backed by practical competence in Marxist theory — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 889
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Benjamin’s stated Marxism was not backed by practical competence in Marxist theory — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 889

Broader Connections

• Benjamin’s stated Marxism was not backed by practical competence in Marxist theory #expands (0.92) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 889