Check this, neo-Frankfurtian? For a re-politicisation of critical theory (as discussed before, Phil... appeal for contemporary intellectual left nonse-wankish...). For historical materialism from Marx, reconsidering the dialectical genealogy...

Like this line though, a bit like the other day 'democracy and its implications improperly understood during anti-communism'.

Would like to hear comments re: CT aspect in this Phil... can't quite see yet, have no time, must focus on pol. sci.

ABSTRACT

Marx was and remained a philosopher. This simple fact was forgotten when Marxism became a system. Now that the system has been defeated, the philosophy re-emerges. However, its "Marxist" adherents have never understood that this philosophy was always political - in short, they have never understood politics, and therefore will never understand philosophy. Thus, the claim of the article is that, correctly read, Marx can be seen as the true philosophical founder of a modern theory of democracy.

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