Marxist or not? Oliver Cromwell Cox on capitalism and class versus 'race'
| Autor: | Anton L. Allahar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revue canadienne des études latino-américaines et caraïbes. 39:420-444 |
| ISSN: | 2333-1461 0826-3663 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08263663.2014.1013289 |
| Popis: | In Marx’s overall theory of social change he reasoned that the social segment most negatively affected by capitalism was the working class. He felt that it was in the interest of the working class to abolish the system that alienated, exploited, and oppressed them; to overthrow the class that benefitted from their alienation, exploitation, and oppression. Marx’s was thus a class theory of change and this is clearly announced in the opening line of The Communist Manifesto, in which he and Engels affirmed that “the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle”. More recently, scholars and analysts working in the critical tradition have challenged what they call the class reductionism of Marxism. Known generally as critical race theorists, these scholars criticize Marx and orthodox Marxists for neglecting the central issue of “race”, some even claiming that their theory is incapable of accommodating the question of “race” as a possible rallying cry in the struggle to overthrow ca... |
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