Cutting-edge Marxism in this period grew by self-critique of its own orthodoxy

Evidence

What I am concerned to show, now, is how current Marxist theorizings on these questions have begun, through their own internal critique of what earlier passed as “classical” or orthodox Marxism, to rectify some of the weaknesses correctly pinpointed by the critics of reductionism. These departures are, at once, rich and complex, often only at a rudimentary stage of formulation, and—as is often the case at a critical moment of paradigm shift—locked in an intricate internal debate. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 603

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Western Marxism’s own retreats prepared poststructuralism’s ascendancy — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 170; Anti-disciplinary critique of Marxism applies equally to socialist feminism — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 838; Rejecting Marxism foreclosed self-critique, so poststructuralism replaced rather than corrected nationalism — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 70 (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Western Marxism’s own retreats prepared poststructuralism’s ascendancy — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 170; Anti-disciplinary critique of Marxism applies equally to socialist feminism — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 838; Rejecting Marxism foreclosed self-critique, so poststructuralism replaced rather than corrected nationalism — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 70 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Rejecting Marxism foreclosed self-critique, so poststructuralism replaced rather than corrected nationalism #complicates (0.78) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 70