cultural Marxism

Meaning

Noun

• A perceived Marxist conspiracy controlling modern progressive politics, mass media, and academia.
• Marxist analysis applied to culture and cultural phenomena.
• A form of Marxism perceived as subsumed by capitalism and thus as unauthentic by its critics (usually other Marxists).

Origin

• Coined in Trent Schroyer's The Critique of Domination: The Origins and Development of Critical Theory (1973).