Nationalism defeated the Second International yet undergirded the Third International’s Marxism

Evidence

In the political field, nationalism is the fact against which the Marxist theory breaks itself. Here is a force which has proved definitely stronger in the modern world than the class struggle which for orthodox Marxists makes the essence of history. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 362 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Second International enshrined reductive economic determinism as official Marxism; Hall’s Marxism contested Marxism’s Eurocentrism and neglect of colonialism.; English nationalism displaced class solidarity after Chartism’s defeat. (+9 more)

Related

• Nationalism defeated the Second International yet enabled the Third International. (similarity 0.90)
• Ethnic nationalism within the party defeated Americanizing Marxism (similarity 0.89)
• English nationalism displaced class solidarity after Chartism’s defeat. (similarity 0.86)
• An international class must nationalise itself to lead nationally-rooted social strata (similarity 0.84)
• Nationalism proved stronger than the class struggle in the modern world (similarity 0.83)
• Marxist-Leninism compromised with nationalism for alliance-building. (similarity 0.83)
• Marxist theory underestimated nationalism due to a flawed grasp of capitalism’s depth. (similarity 0.81)
• Revolutionary socialism triumphed only in predominantly peasant societies (similarity 0.81)
• The Third International subordinated all national parties to Soviet defense priorities (similarity 0.81)
• The Third International subordinated member parties to Soviet interests (similarity 0.81)
• Nationalism subverted socialism and overtook capitalist development worldwide (similarity 0.80)
• Preventing nationalist war requires abandoning the myth that Marxism resists nationalism (similarity 0.80)
• Third-worldist nationalism regresses from the Marxist critique it displaces (similarity 0.80)
• The Second International enshrined reductive economic determinism as official Marxism (similarity 0.79)
• Marxism’s economism forced the conclusion that nationalism was a backward, diversionary ideology. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Nationalism proved stronger than the class struggle in the modern world #corroborates (0.70) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 362
• Marxism’s dismissal of culture left it unequipped for nationalism #expands (0.60)
• Marxism absorbed and incorporated preexisting national modes of thought rather than displacing them #expands (0.60)
• Ethnic nationalism within the party defeated Americanizing Marxism #corroborates (0.55)
• Nationalism subverted socialism and overtook capitalist development worldwide #expands (0.50) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 116
• The Third International required member parties to subordinate themselves to Bolshevik priorities #responds-to (0.50)