Parry response to Dialectical Anthropology forum on Classes of Labour

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ID7745172
AuthorsJ Parry (0000-0002-2649-9220, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume47
Issue2
Pages155-171
Publication date2023-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDialectical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-4092 • E-ISSN: 1573-0786
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10624-023-09692-x
PMID37284050
OpenAlexW4367679199
LanguageEN
References cited14

The paragraphs that follow respond to some of the criticisms and comments that the contributors to this forum have made on my book. Many of these revolve around the central issue of social class and around my analysis of the manual blue-collar workforce of the central Indian steel town of Bhilai as sharply divided between two ‘classes of labour’ with separate and sometimes antagonistic interests. Some earlier commentaries on this argument had been sceptical, and many of the observations made here invoke much the same issues. In the first part of this response, I attempt to summarize my central argument about the class structure, the main criticisms of it, and my earlier attempts to answer these. The second part responds directly to the observations and comments made by those who have so generously participated in the present discussion

Argument (complex analysis · Class (philosophy · Dialectic · Epistemology · PARRY · Skepticism · Social science · Sociology · Labor Movements and Unions · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Race, History, and American Society

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