Marxist meta-theory functions as fallible open-ended inquiry, not total truth

Evidence

4 Historical-geographical materialism is an open-ended and dialectical mode of enquiry rather than a closed and fixed body of understandings. Meta-theory is not a statement of total truth but an attempt to come to terms with the historical and geographical truths that characterize capitalism both in general as well as in its present phase. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 2208

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Jameson’s defense of totalization as necessarily incomplete and open to challenge — the rival periodization debate this reader is tracking. — connects to: One can criticize Marxist orthodoxy without abandoning Marxist tools — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 984; Marxism’s dialectic predicts its own corruption into dogma and certainty; The term metanarrative was originally aimed squarely at Marxism — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 71 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• One can criticize Marxist orthodoxy without abandoning Marxist tools #corroborates (0.80) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 984
• Marxism’s dialectic predicts its own corruption into dogma and certainty #corroborates (0.78)
• The term metanarrative was originally aimed squarely at Marxism #complicates (0.75) — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 71