Exploring the Shift in Focus from Philosophy to Practical Concerns in Marxism

In this episode we get the Perry Anderson treatment and ask if we philosophers are the problem with how Western Marxism has evolved over time. We discuss what Anderson calls the formal and thematic shifts that happened within this theoretical tradition once the philosophers got in the driver’s seat. Partly ethnographic, partly analytical, and a little more meta-philosophical than usual. We hope you’ll indulge us this once as we ask ourselves what the hell we’re doing. 

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References:

Perry Anderson, Considerations on Western Marxism (London: Verso Books, 1979).

Music:

Vintage Memories by Schematist | schematist.bandcamp.com