Is Marxism Eurocentric?
This reading of Marx is virtually hegemonic in some branches of academia
Lance, Selfa
http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article35312
Date Written: 2015-01-22
Publisher: Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX17675
Many activists today first encounter Marxist ideas in and around college campuses, where certain interpretations of Karl Marx and Marxism have solidified into a sort of conventional wisdom. One of these is the idea that Marxism is "Eurocentric" -- and therefore has little to say to the mass of people in the 21st century globalized world. This reading of Marx is virtually hegemonic in some branches of academia.
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