Neo-Marxism

Not to be confused with Neocommunism or with the fictional ideology of  Neo-Bolshevism

Neo-Marxism is an ideology that seeks to incorporate new elements from other intellectual traditions into classical Marxism, such as psychoanalysis, critical theory, and sometimes existentialism. Broadly speaking Neo Marxism incorporates Max Weber's understanding of social inequality into Marxist Philosophy. Some of the Most famous Neo-Marxist concepts are Theodore Adorno's and max Horkheimer Idea of the Culture Industry where they proposed that popular culture is akin to a factory producing standardized cultural goods—films, radio programmes, magazines, etc.—that are used to manipulate mass society into passivity, and Antonio Gramsci's theory of Cultural Hegemony. He is the arch enemy of Jordan B. Peterson.

Overall, Neo-Marxism is a broad ideology and umbrella term for a diverse range of heterodox Marxist ideologies, philosophies and schools of thought, including Eco-Marxism,  Situationism, Structural Marxism,  Marxist Feminism,  Analytic Marxism, Post-Marxism, Western Marxism,  Hegelian Marxism,  Freudo-Marxism, the Frankfurt School,  Neo-Marxian Economics,  Autonomism, and many others.

Beliefs
As with many uses of the prefix neo-, some theorists and groups who are designated as neo-Marxists have attempted to supplement the perceived deficiencies of orthodox Marxism or dialectical materialism. Many prominent neo-Marxists, such as Herbert Marcuse and other members of the Frankfurt School, have historically been sociologists and psychologists.

Neo-Marxism comes under the broader framework of the New Left. In a sociological sense, neo-Marxism adds Max Weber's broader understanding of social inequality, such as status and power, to Marxist philosophy. Examples of neo-Marxism include analytical Marxism, French structural Marxism, critical theory, cultural studies, as well as some forms of feminism. Erik Olin Wright's theory of contradictory class locations is an example of the syncretism found in neo-Marxist thought, as it incorporates Weberian sociology, critical criminology, and anarchism.

Neo-Marxists often philosophically synthesis Marxism with other schools of thought as well, usually continental philosophy. Post-Modernism, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Nihilism (especially active nihilism), Deconstruction, psychoanalytic theory, branches of Hegelian and Freudian thought as well as many others have all influenced different modern Marxists and their theories which fall under the umbrella of neo-Marxism.

History
Neo-Marxism developed as a result of social and political problems that traditional Marxist theory was unable to sufficiently address. This iteration of thinking tended toward peaceful ideological dissemination, rather than the revolutionary, and often violent, methods of the past. Economically, neo-Marxist leaders moved beyond the era of public outcry over class warfare and attempted to design viable models to solve it.

There are many different branches of neo-Marxism often not in agreement with each other and their theories. Following World War I, some neo-Marxists dissented and later formed the Frankfurt School. The Frankfurt School never identified themselves as neo-Marxists. Toward the end of the 20th century, neo-Marxism and other Marxist theories became anathema in democratic and capitalistic Western cultures, where the term attained negative connotations during the Red Scare. For this reason, social theorists of the same ideology since that time have tended to disassociate themselves from the term neo-Marxism. Examples of such thinkers include David Harvey and Jacque Fresco, with some ambiguity surrounding Noam Chomsky, who has been labelled a neo-Marxist by some, but who personally disagrees with such assessments. Some consider libertarian socialism an example of rebranded neo-Marxism.

How to Draw
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 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) Color it grey
 * 3) Draw a big yellow Hammer And Sickle in the middle
 * 4) Draw the eyes and you are done

Friends

 * [[File:Ormarxf.png]] Marxism - We're expanding on your theories.
 * [[File:Mao.png]] Maoism - Most of my French theorists liked you a lot.
 * [[File:Acidcomf.png]] Acid Communism - Fellow comrade who is very fun at parties.
 * [[File:Situ.png]] Situationism - Based consumerism disliker.

Frenemies

 * [[File:Trot.png]] Trotskyism - Gramsci didn't like you very much but you two did look quite similar.
 * [[File: LeftCom.png]] Left Communism - We share credit for Gramsci, although I wish you weren't so dogmatic and factionalist.
 * [[File:ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - You're cool, but be less class reductionist, please.

Enemies

 * [[File:Consocf.png]] Conservative Socialism - You're like [[File:ML.png]] him, but with his worst traits turned up to eleven!
 * [[File:Petersonism.png]] Petersonism - An absolute clown who doesn’t understand post-modernism or Marxism. Thank god Zizek dunked on you.
 * [[File:Altl.png]] Alt-Lite - Lobbster Fans.
 * [[File:Crapitalism.png]] Crapitalism - Your culture makes the proletariat passive!!!!

Texts

 * Prison Notebooks by Antonio Gramsci

Wikipedia

 * Neo-Marxism