Marxism is anti-systematic and therefore concludes philosophy by refusing metaphysical closure

Evidence

For the attempt to predict is but one of the symptoms of a failure to think in a situational way; and as a mode of philosophical thought, we may say that Marxism itself operates primarily after the fact with respect to other philosophical positions. It is in this sense also, then, that Marxism may be seen as the “end” of philosophy, in that in its very structure it refuses system, or what amounts to the same thing, metaphysical content. The latter results from a hypostasis of the mental processes, an attempt to hold something aside from the concrete operation of the mind upon its determinate object, something which can then be treated in absolute fashion, as the universally valid. — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 711

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the anti-systematic, situational core of dialectical thinking as what makes Marxism philosophy’s ‘end’ — useful groundwork for reading the rest of the chapter.
• XREF: Connects to Lukács’s notion of totality as process, and to Adorno’s ‘negative dialectics’ which likewise refuse system. — connects to: Marxism’s goal is realizing philosophy by abolishing it; Marxist meta-theory functions as fallible open-ended inquiry, not total truth — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 2208; Marxism is absolute historicism, not metaphysical materialism — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1646

Broader Connections

• Marxist meta-theory functions as fallible open-ended inquiry, not total truth #expands (0.90) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 2208
• Marxism’s goal is realizing philosophy by abolishing it #qualifies (0.85)