The History of Class Struggle

From Original Accumulation to Neoliberalism

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ID9197722
AuthorsKees Van Der Pijl (corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume49
Issue1
Pages28
Publication date1997-05-03
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMonthly Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520
PublisherMonthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14452/mr-049-01-1997-05_3
OpenAlexW2101935130
LanguageEN
Citations received9

It has become conventional, even on the left, to believe that the days of class struggle are over. That conviction has, of course, been strengthened by the demise of the Soviet bloc, which capped a protracted defeat of left-wing forces the world over. The idea that there could still emerge a collective subject striving for socialism is rejected in the face of advancing individualization and fragmentation, the contradictory but "successful" functioning of capitalism (the "market economy"), and the apparent exhaustion of all alternatives to it.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website

Capitalism · Class (philosophy) · Class conflict · Communism · Conviction · Demise · Economics · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept) · Neoclassical economics · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Socialism · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism

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