Marxist theory has itself ossified into the popular prejudice it critiqued

Evidence

The philosophy of praxis has itself become “prejudice” and “superstition”. As it stands, it is the popular aspect of modern historicism, but it contains in itself the principle through which this historicism can be superseded. … The philosophy of praxis, through its founder, relived all this experience of Hegelianism, Feuerbachianism and French materialism, in order to reconstruct the synthesis of dialectical unity, “the man walking on his feet”. The laceration which happened to Hegelianism has been repeated with the philosophy of praxis. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1407

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels Foucault’s observation that critique itself becomes normalized dogma — and informs how Islamophobia critique must avoid becoming a fixed orthodoxy. — connects to: Vico’s theory of myth anticipated the Marxist theory of ideology. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 777; The Institute abandoned orthodox Marxist ideology critique by the forties — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 779; Fidelity to Marxism means advancing the dialectical process, not preserving it. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1035 (+3 more)