Marxism is deeply indebted to Western civilization.

Evidence

The inquiry required that both Marxism and Black radicalism be subjected to interrogations of unusual form: the first, Marxism, because few of its adherents have striven hard enough to recognize its profound but ambiguous indebtedness to Western civilization; the second, Black radicalism, because the very circumstance of its appearance has required that it be misinterpreted and diminished. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 112

Categorization

• QUESTION: The claim that Marxism’s Western indebtedness compromises its universalist pretensions is a premise to weigh against later chapters.