From Dawn To Decadence, part 4: Aufheben's Decline of Theory

Capitalism's crisis theories reveal more about leftist political failures than economic reality, as deterministic approaches miss the cultural dimensions of decay while simultaneously failing to deliver the promised revolutionary outcomes. • Examining Aufheben's' "Decadence, the Theory of Decline or Decline of Theory" as a framework for understanding how leftists conceptualize capitalism's decay • Crisis theories traditionally mark WWI as capitalism's turning point toward decline, though int...