~80% of history professors identified as Democrats (vs. ~13–14% Republican nationally across all fields).
Self-identified Marxists are rare in academe overall.
The highest concentration was in sociology (~2.6%); in the humanities (where history is), the rate was even lower. While ~25% of humanities/social-science professors consider themselves “radicals or activists,” explicitly Marxist identification is a small fraction of that.
Not surprising, sadly. Most universities are shaped to produce graduates who are compliant with the social hierarchy and capitalist system. The administration will tamp down radicalism, very blatantly in their students (see the handling of protests in support of Palestine), but also in the faculty. Marxists like Richard Wolff tend to get edged out. Liberalism reigns. At least in US universities.
For most professors in the humanities (especially anthropology and history) I have seen a radical tendency. Anarchism is more common than marxist socialism for sure but I have brought up my explicit marxism to multiple professor and not been directly challenged on it. The response has typically been, “marxism is a valid analytical perspective but limited in certain capacities” at worst. There has only been one professor I would describe as anti-marxist.
I have only had one professor who was explicitly marxist but he was a trot and would regularly visit mexico to mourn him. Interesting guy
That is… Uhh. Dude I don’t even mourn Lenin he died a really long ass time ago.
Really thinking about it I have to wonder what kind of brainworms it takes to make someone go on a regular trip to mourn Trotsky and not on a regular trip to mourn someone more important like Lenin or Marx?
Oh I guess that does mitigate weirdness factor but still I’m not driving 4 hours to visit Marx once a year and I live in the country with his grave. Maybe I would if it was within 2 hours?
Respectfully, most self-respecting Marxists would know better than to ever identify as such on a sample, let alone even take such a thing. Such surveys have huge self-sampling bias.
That said, yeah the vast majority are just going to be liberals lol.
Looks like they’re mostly libs, at least according to this study on the topic:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228380360_The_Social_and_Political_Views_of_American_Professors
(The above link actually blocked me, so here’s another one):
https://not-equal.org/content/pdf/misc/Gross2014.pdf
Not surprising, sadly. Most universities are shaped to produce graduates who are compliant with the social hierarchy and capitalist system. The administration will tamp down radicalism, very blatantly in their students (see the handling of protests in support of Palestine), but also in the faculty. Marxists like Richard Wolff tend to get edged out. Liberalism reigns. At least in US universities.
@ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml Does that align with your experience?
For most professors in the humanities (especially anthropology and history) I have seen a radical tendency. Anarchism is more common than marxist socialism for sure but I have brought up my explicit marxism to multiple professor and not been directly challenged on it. The response has typically been, “marxism is a valid analytical perspective but limited in certain capacities” at worst. There has only been one professor I would describe as anti-marxist.
I have only had one professor who was explicitly marxist but he was a trot and would regularly visit mexico to mourn him. Interesting guy
That is… Uhh. Dude I don’t even mourn Lenin he died a really long ass time ago.
Really thinking about it I have to wonder what kind of brainworms it takes to make someone go on a regular trip to mourn Trotsky and not on a regular trip to mourn someone more important like Lenin or Marx?
He happened to live within driving distance
Oh I guess that does mitigate weirdness factor but still I’m not driving 4 hours to visit Marx once a year and I live in the country with his grave. Maybe I would if it was within 2 hours?
Respectfully, most self-respecting Marxists would know better than to ever identify as such on a sample, let alone even take such a thing. Such surveys have huge self-sampling bias.
That said, yeah the vast majority are just going to be liberals lol.
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