Older Marxist criticism was rhetorically genetic, tracing capitalist origins.

Evidence

We may describe the rhetoric of the older Marxist criticism as genetic in its emphasis on historical evolution and on the emergence of capitalist institutions from the earlier feudal and tribal modes of social organization. — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 165

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘genetic’ rhetoric in Marxist criticism — emergence/evolution emphasis.
• XREF: connects to: Postindustrial capitalism severs the continuity with the past that genetic criticism relied on — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 24; Historical-evolutionary criticism reorders present perception by politicizing thought about the past — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 23; Mature Marx employed structural rather than sequential causality

Related

• Postindustrial capitalism severs the continuity with the past that genetic criticism relied on (similarity 0.86)
• Historical-evolutionary criticism reorders present perception by politicizing thought about the past (similarity 0.84)
• Denigrating past doctrines creates a verbal illusion of superiority (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Historical-evolutionary criticism reorders present perception by politicizing thought about the past #expands (0.78) — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 23
• Mature Marx employed structural rather than sequential causality #contradicts (0.75)