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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"class consciousness"”.
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The Labour Process And Class Consciousness
… of exploitation. This involves the use of a classical Marxist model of capitalist economics in which the primary objective of valorisation is emphasised as structuring the organisation of the contemporary labour process. Two aspects of this objective are invoked; that relating to the …
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"Social class consciousness and consumer culture in transition—exploring the ""new poor"" in Taiwan and the U.S."
"The examination of social class and consumption is often grounded in a static and fixed understanding of social class consciousness to assume that consumers identify with a particular social class so that they can perform corresponding consumption practices. This study offers a departure from that …
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Comradery, Class, and Consciousness: A Case Study in Comradery
… of interest in helping members create a robust class consciousness. To this end, I develop the idea of a comrade social bond through engagement with a diverse set of theorists and an intensive comparative case study of two unions during the period of the First Red Scare (1919-1920). I argue that …
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Perfect Harmony: the Myth of Tupelo's Industrial Tranquility
… opinion that Southern workers were bereft of class-consciousness. Without fitting into the Marxist definition of a proletariat, the farm women, who commuted to and from the factories via school buses, created a class-consciousness which related more to their rural identity than to their …
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Realism and anti-realism in the work of George Lukács
… history as expressed in the epochal History and Class Consciousness. The essay firstly attempts to present and criticize the central Lukácsian concept of concrete totality. Totality, for Lukács, is not a static concept but a dynamically evolving, ever-changing idea. However, he tends to view …
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The Evolution of Gentility in Eighteenth-Century England and Colonial Virginia
… of the English and southern American landed classes with regard to three genteel leadership qualities--education, vocation, and personal characteristics. A simultaneous comparison provides a clearer view of how each adapted, or failed to adapt, to the social and economic change of the period. …
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A sociological study of alienation
… especially with regard to the conception of 11 class consciousness". Empirical studies of this theory, moreover, tend to be either too confined in theoretical scope, on the one hand, or too divergent from the basic Marxist approach, on the other.
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Ethno-nationalism and the Spanish state: a comparison of three regions in Spain
… because in industrial economies class will replace ethnicity as the basis for individual and group identity. However, the persistence of ethnic activism, including autonomist and separatist movements in Western European countries. challenges the validity of that hypothesis. …
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Activating Communities, Mobilizing Women: Affective Organizing in Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment Industry
This dissertation explores the development of class consciousness among women workers, the process of their activation, and their contributions to contemporary labour organizing in Bangladesh. Focused on the country’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry – a notoriously anti-union sector where women …
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George Herbert and Aristocratic Identity
… School and Cambridge University in fortifying class-consciousness. Chapter 2 explores ""The Church-Porch"" as Herbert's early attempt to gain public notice and to solidify his class community around notions of civility and honor. Chapter 3 looks at Herbert's The Country Parson and the context …
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Class, Neoliberalism, and Mental Health: a case study of the Cardiff Health Area.
… to better understand the relationship between class, neoliberalism, and mental health in the Cardiff Health Area. Quantitative analyses reveal that class has a more statistically significant influence on the prevalence of mental ill-health than deprivation. Qualitative analyses situate …
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<i>‘There is only one P in Perth - And, it stands for Pullars!'</i>: the Labour, Trade-Union, and Co-operative Movements in Perth, c. 1867 to c. 1922
… co-operative movement and the city’s working-class housing, in so far as they offer an understanding of the reasons for the historical development of working-class consciousness and support for Labour in Perth. The thesis provides an example of a development of class consciousness and support …
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Regional Differences in the Treatment of Karl Marx by the Founders of American Academic Sociology
… concepts which related to his discussions of class, surplus value, capital, capitalism, historical materialism, class consciousness, and property.
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The sociology of recurrent ceremonial drama: Lewes Guy Fawkes Night, 1800-1913
… a consequence, it is argued, the development of class conflict and class consciousness did not occur. Rather, expressions of 'popular conservatism' and community orientation remained the dominant modes of expression throughout the latter half of the century. Empirical evidence both supports this …
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In search of the 'real Gramsci': a historicist reappraisal of a Marxist revolutionary
… practical, Leninist revolutionary problematic of class-consciousness and political struggle. However, he expands profoundly the compass of the inter-linked tradition and produces theoretical refinements that support a particularly humane, progressive, egalitarian and democratic political programme
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The English public library as an agency for social stability c. 1850-1919
… Attention is paid to discussions of emergent class consciousness; economic decline; middle class 'failure'; technical education; social control; the social origins of architecture; and the emergence of the professions. Underpinning the thesis is an exploration of the philosophical origins of …
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Aesthetic Redemption: Psychedelia, Film, and Walter Benjamin’s Sensory Revolution
… Benjamin, has the potential to precipitate class consciousness and lead to humanity’s emancipation from anaesthetizing capitalist forces. We first explore Benjamin’s relationship to, and understanding of, Marxist thought with a particular focus on György Lukács’ theory of reification and …
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Industrial relations in the road passenger transport industry-a political-economic analysis.
… relationships are placed within a discussion of class consciousness.
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