I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, but it's not "current events" so what the hell. I've seen it mentioned that Marx has had significant direct impact on various fields, in that his ideas in some shape or form are actually widely accepted. Is this true? Attempting to look him up only brings up answers on Quora with very obvious agendas one way or another. But have Marx's and Marxist concepts such as critical theory and historical materialism had any real impact on the modern mainstream?
Hi there -- not discouraging further comments, but you may be interested in these older comments
on Marx in the academy: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5e9s91/monday_methods_marxism_and_hegemony/ from u/commiespaceinvader
on critiques of Marxism, particularly the Frankfurt School and critical theory: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/70ud3d/monday_methods_not_the_mere_accumulation_of/
both of the above by u/commiespaceinvader; also
on Marxist historiography by u/thucydideswasawesome: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/55nikl/what_does_marxist_historiography_consist_of_and/d8cdnhi/ and
Marxist approaches to history, esp. versus teleology, by u/TenMinuteHistory: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5hqcd4/what_made_historians_dump_positivism_determinism/db2eecc/