By the early seventies the conditions producing Western Marxism seemed finished.

Evidence

For the first time, one might say, Western Marxism was tacitly faced with its truth. What did such totalization, however, signify for the future of this tradition? There were many, including myself, who reckoned that the conditions which had produced it were now past, and other kinds of Marxism — closer to classical models — were likely to replace it. — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 176

Categorization

• QUESTION: Anderson places himself among those who saw Western Marxism as superseded — worth noting how his own forecasting read against Jameson’s actual trajectory.