ISBN:
0585076502
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9780585076508
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 358 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.]
Series Statement:
SUNY series in political theory. Contemporary issues
Parallel Title:
Print version Recent Marxian theory
DDC:
305.5
Keywords:
Capitalism
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Proletariat
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Social classes
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Social conflict
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Abstract:
This books brings together some of the more prominent recent analyses within the Marxian tradition that bear on the topics of class formation and social conflict in contemporary capitalism. After examining debates over historical agency, class structure, and electoral dynamics, it explores the provocative arguments of analytical Marxists, Claus Offe, Jurgen Habermas, and Immanuel Wallerstein. In light of these discussions, the author concludes that even if the variety of forces contemporary capitalism structurally generates do not promote the formation of a revolutionary "proletariat," class relations continue to be important for analyzing the historical trajectory of, and challenges to, capitalism - although not in the way that Marx imagined
Description / Table of Contents:
Ch. 1. The Proletariat and Historical ProgressCh. 2. Production, Interests, and Class Capacities -- Ch. 3. Citizens and Classes -- Ch. 4. Reason, Revolution, and 'Rithmetic: Analytical Marxism -- Ch. 5. The Political Displacements of the Welfare State: The Theory of Claus Offe -- Ch. 6. Reification Without the Proletariat: The Argument of Juergen Habermas -- Ch. 7. World-System Theory and the Direct Producers: The Perspective of Immanuel Wallerstein -- Ch. 8. Contemporary Capitalism and Its Discontents.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-333) and index
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