1st Edition

Social Classes in Marxist Theory

By Allin F. Cottrell Copyright 1984
386 Pages
by Routledge

386 Pages
by Routledge

386 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1984. This study critically examines the conceptions of social class employed by Marx and by modern Marxist writers, to probe their problematic areas and to propose certain modifications to those conception. The author also tests the conclusions deriving from this theoretical reflection against the task of analysing some aspects of the development of class relations in a... Read more

Acknowledgments;  Introduction;  1. Marx on Classes and Politics  2. Modern Marxists on Social Classes  3. Property Relations and the Impersonal Capital  4. Classes and the Financial Circulation  5. Economic Class Relations and the Socialist Project  6. Classes, Social Collectivities and Political Forces  7. Thatcherism, Classes and Politics;  Conclusion;  Notes;  Bibliography;  Index

Biography

Allin Cottrell, Wake Forest University, USA.