Is Western Marxism Western? The Cases of Gramsci and Tosaka
This paper aims to show that two eminent Marxists in the 1930s, the Italian Antonio Gramsci and the Japanese Tosaka Jun, shared three important characteristics of so-called Western Marxism: the methodological development of Marxism, the focus on the superstructure, and the pessimism about the impo...
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| description | This paper aims to show that two eminent Marxists in the 1930s, the Italian Antonio Gramsci and the Japanese
Tosaka Jun, shared three important characteristics of so-called Western Marxism: the methodological development of
Marxism, the focus on the superstructure, and the pessimism about the impossibility of immediate revolution.
Showing that Gramsci and Tosaka shared these characteristics enables us to revisit the framework of “Western
Marxism,” which confusingly consists of both theoretical characteristics and geographical criteria. Looking at Gramsci
and Tosaka on the same plane allows us to revisit Marxist thought different from the orthodox Marxism in Soviet
Russia, and not strictly as a Western, but as a part of potentially global movement of thought. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2db96db447eb4e43b6e1ed94738586992022-12-22T03:51:19ZengIndiana University PressJournal of World Philosophies2474-17952017-06-0121284110.2979/jourworlphil.2.1.03Is Western Marxism Western? The Cases of Gramsci and TosakaTakahiro ChinoThis paper aims to show that two eminent Marxists in the 1930s, the Italian Antonio Gramsci and the Japanese Tosaka Jun, shared three important characteristics of so-called Western Marxism: the methodological development of Marxism, the focus on the superstructure, and the pessimism about the impossibility of immediate revolution. Showing that Gramsci and Tosaka shared these characteristics enables us to revisit the framework of “Western Marxism,” which confusingly consists of both theoretical characteristics and geographical criteria. Looking at Gramsci and Tosaka on the same plane allows us to revisit Marxist thought different from the orthodox Marxism in Soviet Russia, and not strictly as a Western, but as a part of potentially global movement of thought.https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/jwp/article/view/920/98Marxist PhilosophyWestern MarxismAntonio GramsciTosaka JunGlobal Intellectual History |
| spellingShingle | Takahiro Chino Is Western Marxism Western? The Cases of Gramsci and Tosaka Journal of World Philosophies Marxist Philosophy Western Marxism Antonio Gramsci Tosaka Jun Global Intellectual History |
| title | Is Western Marxism Western? The Cases of Gramsci and Tosaka |
| title_full | Is Western Marxism Western? The Cases of Gramsci and Tosaka |
| title_fullStr | Is Western Marxism Western? The Cases of Gramsci and Tosaka |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is Western Marxism Western? The Cases of Gramsci and Tosaka |
| title_short | Is Western Marxism Western? The Cases of Gramsci and Tosaka |
| title_sort | is western marxism western the cases of gramsci and tosaka |
| topic | Marxist Philosophy Western Marxism Antonio Gramsci Tosaka Jun Global Intellectual History |
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