I'm unconvinced that 'Marxism' is the right term for seeing society in terms of oppressor & oppressed groups & prioritising this. People have done this long before Marx because groups have oppressed other groups. What matters is whether their perception is rooted in reality.https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1004636732514430976 …
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There's a difference between giving attention to how a particular group oppresses another (e.g. slave holders oppressing slaves) and making the metaphysical claim that the fundamental principle of history is class struggle (historical materialism).
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Well, yes. Marxism is the one which did that and so shouldn't be conflated with every other form of social analysis which sees oppression by powerful groups.
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A large part of the contemporary left (esp. in academia) holds that the only (!) lens through which to see society is the lens of group oppression (e.g. intersectionality). This is different from the moderate left which looks at indiv. cases of oppression on a case by case basis.
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Yes. This is the difference between identity-based politics and universal liberalism.
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Right, and this shows that identity politics is heavily based on the Marxist conception of history. They both have in common the reductive focus on group struggle. That's why it's correct to call identity politics neo-Marxist.
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No. You can just say they have in common the reductive focus on group struggle and then look at how postmodernism actually works in order to combat it.
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Well, calling it neo-Marxist is a way of "saying they have in common the reductive focus on group struggle". The "neo-" indicates it's substantially different from Classical Marxism but still heavily based on some of the fundamental and innovative claims of Marxism.
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Try not to do that. We cannot possibly tackle postmodernism if we do not address its underlying ideology.
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Thanks, I don't need an introduction to this argument.
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tiny mind with no room for growth, eh?
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Sorry, got called away. I meant to indicate I am not referring to you, who I believe is a free thinker. However, I make no such apology to those that see everything in terms of oppressor/victim narrative.
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