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In the anarchism chapter, May develops anarchism in its critique of Marxism, emphasizing how this roots it in tactical political philosophy. He then contrasts this with the centrality anarchism places on humanist naturalism and suppressive power. This prefigures May's intervention of post-structuralism into anarchism as a way to save tactics, while eschewing natural humanism and a purely suppressive theory of power.

Okay, that was a really well-written summary of Western Marxism, especially for a book the main topic of which is not Western Marxism. However, Marx, Marxism, Leninism, and Western Marxism are definitely concurrent, contemporaneous, and concomitant with the theories and theorists of anarchism and "post-structuralism", so this exegesis was welcomed for many reasons.

I think I love Todd May.