Neo-marxian Theory

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" Neo-Marxian theory differs with traditional Marxian theory primarily in its rejection of both economic determinism and the view that individuals play no role in shaping society. In fact, however, as Ritzer writes, Marx himself was not an economic determinist, although he certainly emphasized economics as the primary force at work in society:
Marx often sounded like an economic determinist; that is, he seemed to consider the economic system of paramount importance and to argue that it determined all other sectors of society--politics, religion, idea systems, and so forth. Although Marx did see the economic sector as preeminent, at least in capitalist society, as a dialectician he could not have taken a deterministic position, because the dialectic is characterized by the notion that there is continual..."

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