Cultural Marxism never existed. So-called cultural Marxism was actually anti-Marxist. We associate the term with liberal cultural criticism starting in the 60’s. Their enemy was not capitalism, but repression, fascism, and totalitarianism. Capitalism was addressed only as it involved totalitarian elements. In this sense, Soviet communism was but another example of authoritarian rule. The main inspiration for these movements were Heidegger and Nietzsche, two conservatives. It isn’t easy to explain why this left and postmodernism in general were so close to right-winged thinkers. In any case both were openly hostile to Marxism.
Arturo Romero Contreras Profesor Investigador en Filosofía BUAP/ Professor Researcher in Philosophy BUAP, Mexico