The Theoretical Defects of Western Marxism and Marxism’s Degeneration 

Peng Xu 

School of Marxism, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, 401120, China 

Abstract: Marxism should not only be interpreted by a single academic means such as text ploughing, pa-raphrasing, and discourse analysis, nor should it be an exclusive matter of a professional group (philosopher ｏｒ politician)，but should also avoid the“ backtracking ”and retrogression of Marxist “  Spekulation  of phi-losophy ”and the absence of “practicality”. In China, the research on“ Western Marxism ”in recent decades has been accompanied by shortcomings such as lack of problem awareness, lack of awareness of research objects, passive research mode, weakened subject consciousness and lack of theoretical innovation ,etc. As for the trend of“ backtracking ”in contemporary Marxist studies, we should stop and correct that movement on the basis of constant vigilance.

Keywords: Western Marxism; Theoretical Degeneration; Theoretical Defects