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1 online resource |
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Routledge library editions. Marxism ; volume 21 |
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Routledge library editions. Marxism ; v. 21
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dadication; Preface; Citations and Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Dialectic of Universal and Particular; 3 Sources; 4 Marx's Proletariat Challenged; 5 A Proletarian Ethic?; 6 A Proletarian Ideology?; 7 The Proletariat as a Political Class; 8 The Proletariat as an Economic Class; 9 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
George Orwell wrote in Nineteen Eighty Four that 'If there is hope, it lies in the proles.' A century earlier Marx was unequivocal: the future belonged to the proletariat. Today such confidence might seem misplaced. The proletariat has not yet fulfilled Marx's expectations, and seems unlikely ever to do so. How could Marx have entertained the notion that the proletariat would emancipate humanity from capitalism and from class rule itself? This book, first published in 1988, attempts an explanation by examining the sources and development of Marx's concept of the proletariat. It contends that t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 29, 2015) |
| Subject |
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.
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| SUBJECT |
Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 fast |
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Proletariat.
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Socialism -- History
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Communism -- History.
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proletariat.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism.
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Communism
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Proletariat
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Socialism
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Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317497783 |
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1317497783 |
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9781317497776 |
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1317497775 |
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9781317497769 |
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1317497767 |
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9781315713366 |
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1315713365 |
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9781138855021 |
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1138855022 |
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9781315712840 |
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1315712849 |
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