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Who would you say is the greatest living scholar/intellectual of Marxism or Communism more broadly? (reddthat.com)
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[โ€“] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

As much as I love Parenti (may he rest in peace), I wouldn't classify him as a Marxist scholar, more of a "pro-Marxist."

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    It's called "popularisator", someone who's great at explaining complicated concepts and/or processes. Though he did had some great materialist analysis of various topics which does place him as the marxist scholar after all i think. Just not the Lenin or Mao caliber.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 3 months ago

    That's a valid way of viewing him. He's absolutely a vital figure, and probably the one I recommend the most for liberals due to his unique skills as an orator and in conveying Marxist ideas. My point was more that I don't see him as I see Losurdo, for example, nor one of the actual revolutionaries in AES countries (who are less purely scholars and more theoreticians and practicians).

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