Marx himself capitulated before overwhelming circumstances without acknowledging it

Evidence

Even in Marx’s work, signs can be found of an unacknowledged capitulation before overwhelming circumstances, and a theory which escapes both immediate valorisability and rote acquiescence must criticise this capitulation. ‘Traits of malice are not alien even to authentic Marxist language’. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 971

Categorization

• XREF: Directly feeds the revisionist project of the book: counters the reading of Adorno as merely pessimistic by showing his critique of Marx’s own capitulation. — connects to: Marx’s own theory is historically conditioned and will be negated; Marx’s own theory anticipated its eventual negation as historical ideology; Marx’s own emphasis shifted with political phases of revolution and reaction — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 580

Broader Connections

• Marx’s own theory is historically conditioned and will be negated #corroborates (0.85)
• Marx’s own theory anticipated its eventual negation as historical ideology #corroborates (0.85)