There is a fundamental contradiction in many of the Marxist studies that are produced in the West. Every time that they speak of Marxism in Asia — in China, Korea or Vietnam — or when they speak of popular movements in Africa such as in Egypt or Libya, they highlight the influence of religion on these political movements and the national adaptation of Marxism. When any Marxist researcher studies, for example, Chinese Marxism, they are obliged to address the influence of Confucius’ philosophy on Chinese culture in a general manner and on Chinese Marxism in particular. Likewise, the influence that Islam has on many African countries is always taken into account in analysis of socialist nations such as Algeria.
When the time comes to look at Marxism in Western politics, however, the influence of Christianity in the construction of the symbolic, subjective and theoretical universe of this Marxism is rarely taken into account.
Were you laughing like a maniac when reading this piece too? I just couldn’t help myself, shit was far too relatable.
Haha I was mouth open, “holy shit I’d never thought of that before” when I read this first.
For me it wasn’t particularly profound or anything. I was more like an excited kid going, “Haha, yes, yes, that’s the pattern!” when the piece talked about how western leftists acted.
Yeah the take is almost perfect.