Marxism without Communists? Losurdo’s ‘Western Marxism’ misses the forest for the trees

Marxism without Communists? Losurdo’s ‘Western Marxism’ misses the forest for the trees

Domenico Losurdo is going through something of a renaissance in Marxist circles of late, with several of his works having been translated and published since his death. Western Marxism certainly promised to ruffle some feathers in left-wing academic circles, where anti-communism disguised as sophisticated Marxism no longer needs to be demonstrated. Indeed, what passes for Marxism in much of the “Western” mainstream runs the gamut from ashamed to…