Down to Earth People

Beyond Class Reductionism and Postmodernism

AvWally Seccombe

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Published Under the Garamond Imprint From the Introduction: "This book proposes a substantial revision of the orthodox Marxist approach to understanding group consciousness and action. The tendency to anchor all forms of collective struggle and consciousness in prevailing relations of production is now conceded by both scholars and political activists to be inadequate. The social movements of oppressed peoples that have swept the globe during the post-WWII era—movements for national self-determination, the civil rights of visible minorities and the liberation of women—have conclusively demonstrated the deficiencies of this viewpoint. We seek to break with a 'class first' framework which treats gender, generational, and race relations as subsidiary to, or somehow derived from, class relations. But, unlike so many scholars who have made their break with Marxist orthodoxy by embracing some version of postmodernist discourse theory, we remain steadfast materialists."

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-11-01
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781442602526
Förlag:University of Toronto Press

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Mikroekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Wally Seccombe is an associated instructor in the Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionHamilton Steelworkers and their Spouses: Unsettling the Core of the English-Canadian Working-ClassSocial Position and Group Awareness Elaborating the Classical Materialist Thesis Amending the Classical Materialist Thesis Towards a Multifaceted Version of Group Consciousness Objective Interest and Subjective Identity Dimensions of Social Subordination and Inequality Core-Periphery Dynamics of the Proletariat Direct Experience, Life History and Present Views The Core of the Working-Class: Steeltown Profiles Class Conflict and Class Consciousness Race and Ethnic Consciousness Gender Consciousness The Critical Insights of Subordinated Viewpoints Multiple Identities, the Integrated Self and Critical Thought 'Contradictory' Consciousness Postmodernism and Postmodernity Mass Media Impacts Market Atomization and Assertions of Collective Identity Forms of Social Struggle Conclusion: The Possibility of Transformative Class ConsciousnessAppendix: The Hamilton IntervieweesNotesReferencesIndex