Antonio Callari.Aronson's Marxism Is Dead. Long Live Marxism. RM 9(3):79-84 "A response to Ronald Aronson's ""Toward a Relativized Marxism"" (1996/97 [see abstract 9816196]) suggests that Aronson's declaration for the death of Marxism is an indication of his own incomplete break from a particular type of Marxism - classical modernist. While other Marxists have abandoned this stand, Aronson betrays his continued affiliation to it in his messianic declaration of its death. Aronson's shared predilection for rigidity with classical Marxism is taken to be symptomatic of a desire for historical certainty and a common cultural formation. It is contended that, rather than allowing Marxism to evolve and to change in line with new political and theoretical conditions, Aronson seems intent on confining it to official and now inadequate representations. To avoid this end, it is concluded that Marxists can best preserve the heroic moment of the past by moving forward without denying it. 4 References. D. M. Smith"