Nationalism proved stronger than the class struggle in the modern world

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

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. The natural result was that the Marxists constantly tended to underestimate a force which did not easily fit into their ideas, and which at the same time was clearly contrasted with the ideals of the class-struggle. It became almost a mark of an orthodox Marxist to despise every nationalist feeling. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 362

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the readings on how pre-state and ethnic solidarities undercut class-based frameworks; also the fall of the Black radical tradition’s reliance on class analysis. — connects to: Nationalism subverted socialism and overtook capitalist development worldwide — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 116; Capitalism’s global unification paradoxically generated nationalism as fragmentation; Black radicalism is transcending nationalism and class struggle for its own authority (+22 more)
• corroborated: 5 independent passages support this claim — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 362

Broader Connections

• Nationalism subverted socialism and overtook capitalist development worldwide #corroborates (0.70) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 116
• Capitalism’s global unification paradoxically generated nationalism as fragmentation #expands (0.60)
• Working-class culture emerges from its material conditions combined with class struggle #contradicts (0.60)
• Black radicalism is transcending nationalism and class struggle for its own authority #qualifies (0.55)
• Capitalism triumphed by cultivating divisions rather than erasing them within the working class #corroborates (0.50) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 267