Post-Marxism trend in
philosophy and
social theory based on
Karl Marx's writings and
Marxism proper, and bypassing orthodox Marxism. Philosophically, post-Marxism counters derivationism and
essentialism (for example, it does not see the State as an instrument that ‘functions’ unambiguously and autonomously on behalf of the interests of a given class). Recent overviews of post-Marxism are provided by
Ernesto Screpanti,
Göran Therborn, and Gregory Meyerson.