The dangerous class : the concept of the lumpenproletariat / Clyde W. Barrow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrow, Clyde W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism and society.

Poor.

People with social disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2020]

Summary:

Marx and Engels' concept of the "lumpenproletariat," or underclass (an anglicized, politically neutral term), appears in The Communist Manifesto and other writings.It refers to "the dangerous class, the social scum, that passively rotting mass thrown off by the lowest layers of old society," whose lowly status made its residents potential tools.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Lumpenproletariat: Etymology, Lexicology, and Translation

Chapter 2. The Lumpenproletariat as an Economic Category

Chapter 3. The Lumpenproletariat as a Cultural Category and Style of Life

Chapter 4. The Lumpenproletariat as a Political Category

Chapter 5. The Lumpenproletariat as a New Revolutionary Vanguard

Chapter 6. The Lumpenproletariat: Communism or Dystopia?

Conclusion: The Rise of a Lumpen-State?

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-472-12808-6

OCLC:

1159983020