ISBN:
0585076502
,
9780585076508
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiii, 358 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
Series Statement:
SUNY series in political theory. Contemporary issues
DDC:
305.5
Keywords:
Social classes
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Social conflict
;
Proletariat
;
Capitalism
;
Classes sociales
;
Lutte des classes
;
Prolétariat
;
Capitalisme
;
Capitalism
;
Capitalisme
;
Classes sociales
;
Lutte des classes
;
Proletariat
;
Prolétariat
;
Social classes
;
Social conflict
;
Electronic books
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
Abstract:
Ch. 1. The Proletariat and Historical Progress -- Ch. 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. - 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-333) and index. - Description based on print version record
,
Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
,
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
,
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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