The Relationship Between Marxism and Critical Theory

The Site of the Revolution The relationship between critical theory and Marxism is a fascinating one. The critical theorists were all self-identified and self-proclaimed Marxists. But they had a problem. They saw the revolution having happened in Russia, but it wasn’t happening in Germany. (The critical theorists were originally all in Germany.) They began to wonder, Why isn’t it happening here? In Marxism, apart from critical theory, the revolution is going to happen. The revolution is inevitable. Marx himself is a materialist, so this revolution happens from the bottom up. In Marxism, history and reality are determined by one’s historical circumstance, by where one is situated. That’s the driving force in reality. It is inevitable that the revolution will happen. What Is Critical Theory? Bradley G. Green In this book, Bradley G. Green offers a thoughtful Christian analysis of critical theory, its key philosophers, and their views regarding creation and reality; sin and the human dilemma; and redemption, history, and eschatology. The revolution has to happen. It will take a massive centralized power, a centralized state, to bring it about. Then, over time, that centralized state w...