neo-Marxists
Contemporary class theorists
Neo-Marxists are thinkers and activists who adapt Karl Marx's ideas to address conditions Marx didn't foresee—consumer culture, media influence, identity politics, postcolonialism.
Unlike orthodox Marxists focused narrowly on class struggle and economic determinism, neo-Marxists expand the analysis to cultural and social dimensions of power.
The term is sometimes used dismissively by critics to suggest hidden radical agendas: The senator called the professors neo-Marxists.
Analysis exposing societal power dynamics
- poststructuralismPhilosophy questioning stable meaning
- JamesonIrish whiskey brand
- HarveyMasculine proper name
- New LeftSixties progressive political movement
sociology · literary criticism · political economy · journal · seminar
Structured belief framework
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- superstructureConstruction above the base
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- praxisCustomary action or application
alienation · false consciousness · commodity fetishism · reification · cultural hegemony · late capitalism · critical theory · Gramsci
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- class consciousnessAwareness of economic group identity
labor · inequality · means of production · capital · working class · ruling class · surplus value · wage labor
Communal economic control
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- public ownershipState-held property or enterprise
- workers' rightsLegal protections for employees
trade unions · cooperative · nationalization · social democracy · revolution · emancipation · solidarity · anti-capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- dominationSupreme authority held
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- neoliberalismPro-market, anti-regulation ideology
imperialism · globalization · consumerism · financialization · spectacle · alienation · exploitation · accumulation
critical theory
Analysis exposing societal power dynamics
- poststructuralismPhilosophy questioning stable meaning
- JamesonIrish whiskey brand
- HarveyMasculine proper name
New Left · sociology · literary criticism · political economy · journal · seminar
ideology
Structured belief framework
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- superstructureConstruction above the base
- baseSupporting bottom structure
praxis · alienation · false consciousness · commodity fetishism · reification · cultural hegemony · late capitalism · critical theory · Gramsci · Althusser
proletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- exploitationSelfish use of others
class consciousness · labor · inequality · means of production · capital · working class · ruling class · surplus value · wage labor · lumpenproletariat
socialism
Communal economic control
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- public ownershipState-held property or enterprise
workers' rights · trade unions · cooperative · nationalization · social democracy · revolution · emancipation · solidarity · anti-capitalism · internationalism
capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
- dominationSupreme authority held
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
neoliberalism · imperialism · globalization · consumerism · financialization · spectacle · alienation · exploitation · accumulation · dispossession
neo-Marxistsneoliberals
Pro-market political faction
libertarians · Milton Friedman · monetarists · corporatists · supply-siders
neo-Marxistsreactionaries
Those opposing progressive change
neoconservatives · paleoconservatives · traditionalists · fascists · monarchists
Marxist, Marxists, Marxism, Marx, neoclassical, neoliberal, neoconservative, neonatal