Sanctissima wrote:Olerand wrote:Sure, but how does this relate to Marxism? You can argue for the Frankfurt School's influence and its importance to the rise of "post-Marxist" thought, but how does that relate to Marxism?
Because their objective was to gradually transform society from within and create a Marxist State, hence why it is called Cultural Marxism. Did it work? Not really. That's why identity politics and multiculturalism are a thing, and not the usual "workers owning the means of production" and whatnot.
No.
Of the three main founders of Frankfurt School critical theory, only Marcuse really still believed in The Cause. Horkheimer and Adorno both came to the conclusion that the door had closed on proletarian socialism. They were ultimately just tame academics, critical of the currents of "Western" civilization as well as Soviet communism.