Can the Workers Be Revolutionary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6259234 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Krishan Kumar (0000-0001-9429-3147, University of Kent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 357-379 |
| Publication date | 1978-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1978.tb00801.x |
| OpenAlex | W2010118066 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
In recent years there has been a marked revival of Marxism in the intellectual life of western societies. This has resulted not only in some impressive synoptic studies dealing with the structure of contemporary capitalist societies, but in a renewed concern with social change in these societies, and specifically with the role of the working class in the future transformation of capitalist society. This paper questions the importance attached to the proletariat as an actual or potential agent of revolutionary change. It asks: why did Marx and Engels see the proletariat in this role? What historical and theoretical considerations led them to this view? How plausible is it? The paper concludes that on the historical and sociological evidence Marx and Engels drew unwarranted inferences concerning the future role of the working class as an agency of the revolutionary transformation of capitalist society
Agency (philosophy · Capitalism · Class (philosophy · Class conflict · Economics · Epistemology · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Proletariat · Social science · Sociology · Working class · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
The Corporate Society
The State in Capitalist Society
Class inequality and political order
Karl Marx
Violence in America
Studies In The Development Of Capitalism
Engels, Manchester, and the Working Class
Consciousness and Action among the Western Working Class
Karl Marx
The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844
The Marxian Revolutionary Idea
Selected Works (in Two Volumes)
Main Currents in Sociological Thought
Angels in Marble
"The London Working Men's Association and the "People's Charter
Karl Marx and the British Labour Movement
The Ideas of the Founding Fathers
Industrialism and Post-Industrialism
Revolution and Industrial Society
Toward Class Consciousness Next Time
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 1990 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |