neo-Marxismn.
/ˌniːəʊˈmɑːksɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈmɑrkˌsɪz(ə)m/ The development or modification of Marxism as a political ideology or as an approach to social analysis; support for, or advocacy of, a form of Marxism that seeks to accommodate or confront modern issues, esp. one that de-emphasizes the notion of historical materialism.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > social ethics > [noun] > Marxist philosophy and its adherents
dialectic1891
alienation1900
neo-Marxist1902
neo-Marxism1918
self-alienation1926
1918 Times 5 June 5/7 In an article called ‘Neo-Marxism’, the Frankfurter Zeitung discusses the remarkable development by which an apparently increasing section of the German Socialist Majority has gone full circle and practically become Pan-German.
1933 Pacific Affairs 6 387 Marxism and neo-Marxism seem to have an especial appeal.
1960 20th Cent. May 438 A younger [generation]..is being tempted by very strange gods, including a depressing neo-Marxism.
1974 M. B. Brown Econ. of Imperialism iii. 69 The manifest failure of capitalism to develop industrialization equally throughout the whole world..has raised problems for Marxist analysis which have been the special concern of neo-Marxism.
1987 P. Dunleavy Theories of State (BNC) 220 Dialogues with liberal thinkers rapidly assumed central significance in elaborating an updated Marxist analysis of liberal democracy. The best neo-Marxism has obviously benefited from its..encounter with the best modern social science.
1997 Nature 17 Apr. 670/1 There is discussion of all the major ‘isms’ of archaeology—structuralism, processualism, post-processualism, neo-Marxism, critical theory,..cultural ecology, and so on.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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