I was literally taught about cultural marxism, and with the use of those words specifically, in university (I had an english minor of all things that required us to learn about it). It was a phrase used regularly by the frankfurt school, and by those who taught the frankfurt school thinkers. It refers to their marxist ideas and how they had to adapt in the west over time. Since marx's ideas of class warfare never occurred in the west, this was blamed on cultural hegemony stopping class consciousness. Cultural marxists thus focused on this cultural hegemony, since destroying it would be necessary for marxism to emerge. Why I was learning about this in the early 2000s as a 20 year-old in English class at a state school is a very interesting question in and of itself (I did not consider it at the time).
These days however, a NEW form of neo-marxist has emerged. These are the woke who have replaced class warfare politcs with identity warfare politics. Some people like Jordan Peterson have called these new folks cultural marxists, but I think that's probably a mistake, as the term was used prior to describe the frankfurt school. They should be called neo-marxists because they operate under the same black and white, oppressor and oppressed paradigm, and similarly think there must be a revolution to take control from the oppressor class. However, the woke operate much more similar to Hitlerism in that they essentialize race and focus on one identity as the root of all evil (white men as opposed to jews) - they are not an economic movement whatsoever anymore however, unlike the frankfurt school which mostly held onto its marxist roots.
The lack of an economic aspect to wokism is likely because it has become the dominant religion of the global rich (unfortunately).
I have to agree with your commentary about calling the present phenomenon Cultural-Marxism being a mistake. That's the root of the present bloom of leftism, not the stalk, nor the fruit. Marxists and their ilk are dishonest, so they will point to any categorical error (like this) as a reason to dismiss the critique associated with it.
The application of Marxist thought (and Maoist praxis) to identity in the form of Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality represents the ideological tools the Cultural Marxists' heirs have proposed. Neo-Marxism is probably the right umbrella term to talk about the ideology of these Cultural Revolutionaries who besiege the West at present.
So the reality is that regressive leftist ideology is a mere evolution of Cultural Marxism, typical.
I bet the best term for regressive leftist ideology that is not a political slur would be something along the lines of "Intersectional Cultural Marxism"
I was literally taught about cultural marxism, and with the use of those words specifically, in university (I had an english minor of all things that required us to learn about it). It was a phrase used regularly by the frankfurt school, and by those who taught the frankfurt school thinkers. It refers to their marxist ideas and how they had to adapt in the west over time. Since marx's ideas of class warfare never occurred in the west, this was blamed on cultural hegemony stopping class consciousness. Cultural marxists thus focused on this cultural hegemony, since destroying it would be necessary for marxism to emerge. Why I was learning about this in the early 2000s as a 20 year-old in English class at a state school is a very interesting question in and of itself (I did not consider it at the time).
These days however, a NEW form of neo-marxist has emerged. These are the woke who have replaced class warfare politcs with identity warfare politics. Some people like Jordan Peterson have called these new folks cultural marxists, but I think that's probably a mistake, as the term was used prior to describe the frankfurt school. They should be called neo-marxists because they operate under the same black and white, oppressor and oppressed paradigm, and similarly think there must be a revolution to take control from the oppressor class. However, the woke operate much more similar to Hitlerism in that they essentialize race and focus on one identity as the root of all evil (white men as opposed to jews) - they are not an economic movement whatsoever anymore however, unlike the frankfurt school which mostly held onto its marxist roots.
The lack of an economic aspect to wokism is likely because it has become the dominant religion of the global rich (unfortunately).
I have to agree with your commentary about calling the present phenomenon Cultural-Marxism being a mistake. That's the root of the present bloom of leftism, not the stalk, nor the fruit. Marxists and their ilk are dishonest, so they will point to any categorical error (like this) as a reason to dismiss the critique associated with it.
The application of Marxist thought (and Maoist praxis) to identity in the form of Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality represents the ideological tools the Cultural Marxists' heirs have proposed. Neo-Marxism is probably the right umbrella term to talk about the ideology of these Cultural Revolutionaries who besiege the West at present.
So the reality is that regressive leftist ideology is a mere evolution of Cultural Marxism, typical.
I bet the best term for regressive leftist ideology that is not a political slur would be something along the lines of "Intersectional Cultural Marxism"