Stressing objective economic forces over revolutionary praxis yields quietistic politics

Evidence

Let it be said, however, that the essentially quietistic implications of his thesis, similar to those of all Marxist interpretations that stress objective forces over subjective revolutionary praxis, were not lost on some of his contemporaries. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 131

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ideology disrupts predicted historical processes and enables revolutions; Economic forces decide history but traditions and politics also act — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 274; Grossmann’s collapse thesis was quietistic because it stressed objective forces over revolutionary praxis. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 131

Broader Connections

• Ideology disrupts predicted historical processes and enables revolutions #contradicts (0.82)
• Economic forces decide history but traditions and politics also act #qualifies (0.75) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 274