For Marxists the key question is not whether or not classes exist, nor whether or not their interaction is the force for historical development. What matters is the extent to which the working class is conscious of its potential to change the world. Mike Freeman examines some of the barriers to the development of class consciousness aiming to clarify the place of class in the Marxist theory of history and social change. He challenges the widespread tendency to reduce Marxism to the analysis of society in terms of social stratification. The book aims to demonstrate that class is only one aspect of Marxist theory - one that cannot be abstracted from the study of production relations and the totality of social structure. It then assesses the challenge of theories which cite forces other than class as the major agencies of social change.
- ISBN10 0745304664
- ISBN13 9780745304663
- Publish Date 25 December 1998
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 9 September 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pluto Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English