Externalizing socialist practice leaves nationalism as the only conceptual frame available

Evidence

If, however, socialist political and cultural practices are simply externalized out of our struggles, and if those practices are located only in some ideal place designated as the Second World, then a narrow nationalism can be the only insignia under which cultural production within the Third World can rake place or be conceptualized. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 364

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Marxism’s dismissal of culture left it unequipped for nationalism; Nationalism constitutes a totalizing epistemology no modern subject can escape — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 201; Nationalism constitutes not just politics but the very shape of thought (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Marxist theory could not theorize nationalism and so evaded it #corroborates (0.82) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 33
• Nationalism constitutes not just politics but the very shape of thought #expands (0.80)
• Socialist internationalism lacked a device to become a working political concept among sovereign states #expands (0.80) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 156
• Marxism’s dismissal of culture left it unequipped for nationalism #complicates (0.78)
• Nationalism constitutes a totalizing epistemology no modern subject can escape #expands (0.75) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 201