Marxist Class Theory For A Skeptical World (Paperback)

Raju J. Das

ISBN 10: 1608469298 / ISBN 13: 9781608469291

Published by Haymarket Books, Chicago, 2018

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Paperback. In this important work of scholarship sure to reshape the landscape of critical social sciences, Raju Das offers a critique of many of the influential radical theories of class, making a spirited defense of class theory. Marxist Theory of Class for a Skeptical World critically discusses Analytical Marxist and Post-structuralist Marxist theories of class and persuasively argues for an alternative approach that is rooted in the ideas of Marx and Engels, as well as Lenin and Trotsky.Das offers a materialist-dialectical foundation for class theory, conceptualizing class at both the transhistorical level and at the level of capitalism. A persuasive and thorough response to those fashionable social theorists who challenge both the explanatory and emancipatory power of 'class.' Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Marxist Class Theory For A Skeptical World (Paperback)
• Publisher: Haymarket Books, Chicago
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608469298
• ISBN 13: 9781608469291
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In this important work of scholarship sure to reshape the landscape of critical social sciences, Raju Das offers a critique of many of the influential radical theories of class, making a spirited defense of class theory. Marxist Theory of Class for a Skeptical World critically discusses Analytical Marxist and Post-structuralist Marxist theories of class and persuasively argues for an alternative approach that is rooted in the ideas of Marx and Engels, as well as Lenin and Trotsky.

Das offers a materialist-dialectical foundation for class theory, conceptualizing class at both the transhistorical level and at the level of capitalism.

About the Author

Raju J. Das, Ph.D., Ohio State University, is a Professor at York University. He has published the monograph A Contribution to the Critique of Contemporary Capitalism (Nova Publishers, 2014), and articles in many journals, including Capital and Class and Science and Society.