Western Marxism: A Brief Note
Western Marxism: A Brief Note The term ‘Western Marxism’ covers the works of the German, the French, the British and the Italian leftist intellectuals belonging to the twentieth century. Gramsci is one of the major figures or practitioners of this idea. One of the most enduring concerns of these theorists is the reason why the intellectual revolution foretold by Marx did not happen in western Europe. The conventional reading of Marx was disseminated and obligatory by the Russian Bolsheviks. Again, such reading claimed political activities as well as rational beliefs amassing from commercial interests. As capitalism never does care for the financial interests of the workers, as the employees form a considerable section of the population and their number are a few, a grassroots-level revolution is to be introduced, be it sooner or be it later. Yes, the workers are subjugated and live in hopeless destitution. Still, the Marxists of the West take in for questioning that most of the workf...