Normalization takes place not because there is Western-ideology that normalizes third-world texts in any special way (other than the usual play with exoticism) but because this academic seeks to domesticate everything, even Marx.

Aijaz Ahmad
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Normalization takes place not because there is Western-ideology that normalizes third-world texts in any special way (other than the usual play with exoticism) but because this academic seeks to domesticate everything, even Marx. In other words, he tries to domesticate Marxism by making it more acceptable to Western readers. This is an example of how the West has been being "normalizing" Marxism for centuries.

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