Croce’s philosophy tried to reabsorb Marxism as a subordinate of traditional culture.
Evidence
It could be said that a large part of the philosophy of Croce represents this attempt to reabsorb the philosophy of praxis and incorporate it as the handmaid of traditional culture. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1641
Categorization
- XREF: Concrete instance of the ‘conquered culture reabsorbing conqueror’ mechanism; useful case for later readings of ideological incorporation. — connects to: Croce’s post-Marxist secularism influenced Italian left intellectuals — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 49; Marxism absorbed and incorporated preexisting national modes of thought rather than displacing them; Marxist theory has been widely framed as subordinate to political practice. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2479
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1641
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Croce’s post-Marxist secularism influenced Italian left intellectuals — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 49; Marxism absorbed and incorporated preexisting national modes of thought rather than displacing them; Marxist theory has been widely framed as subordinate to political practice. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2479
Broader Connections
- Marxist theory has been widely framed as subordinate to political practice.
#complicates(0.71) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2479