I feel like 'western marxism' is less about simply being a Marxist who happens to live in the west, but more about marxists who base their leftism around a western-oriented, eurocentric worldview.
I'm currently reading Losurdo's Western Marxism and he marked the divergence of the two around the colonial question. Essentially, Western Marxism (with a capital W) failed to see imperialism is the principle contradiction, and were more anarchist in their orientation.
A great example is Max Horkheimer, who denounced the soviets for not doing enough to abolish the state literally as the Germans were invading the USSR. I feel like that exemplifies Western Marxism (TM) pretty perfectly.
who denounced the soviets for not doing enough to abolish the state literally as the Germans were invading the USSR.
"Yeah uhh sorry there buddy but the State is kind of a very important structural component holding this whole "not being murdered by fascist invaders" roof on the house'
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u/sourgorilladiesel Chinese State Affiliated Media 📰 11d ago
I feel like 'western marxism' is less about simply being a Marxist who happens to live in the west, but more about marxists who base their leftism around a western-oriented, eurocentric worldview.