Class by Patrick Joyce

Class by Patrick Joyce

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The concept of class has come under increasing scrutiny, as a means of explaining both the present and the past. Can class viably explain the present? How did concepts of class develop? This book contains writings, which provide a balanced survey of thought on class, starting from Marx and Weber onwards.

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Class by Patrick Joyce

In recent years, the concept of class has come under increasing scrutiny, as a means of explaining both the present and the past. The post-industrial class has superceded the manual working class, and new forms of industrial management have broken up more traditional hierarchies and outlooks. Furthermore, feminism has now brought into question the whole concept of a class identity. Can class viably explain the present? Did it ever provide an adequate explanation of the past? How did concepts of class develop? What is the language of class? A variety of writings are drawn upon here to suggest answers to these questions, to provide a balanced survey of thought on class, from Marx and Weber to the present day, and to look beyond this towards the very future of class.
The collection offers a valuable insight into the problems and an interesting choice of views on the various facets of class* the Journal of Indo-European Studies *
Patrick Joyce is Lecturer in History at the University of Manchester.
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ISBN 13 9780192892522
ISBN 10 0192892525
Title Class
Author Patrick Joyce
Series Oxford Readers
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1995-04-06
Number of pages 380
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