Plebs, Class and Everything in Between
Abstract Following a summary of M. Breaugh's book The Plebeian Experience, the question of the relationship of plebs and class is addressed. Drawing on N. Thoburn's discussion of the 'lumpenproletariat' as well as E.P. Thompson's conception of class, the case is made for kee...
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| Published in: | Historical materialism : research in critical Marxist theory 2019-03, Vol.27 (1), p.269-280 |
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| Language: | eng |
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Following a summary of M. Breaugh's book The Plebeian Experience, the question of the relationship of plebs and class is addressed. Drawing on N. Thoburn's discussion of the 'lumpenproletariat' as well as E.P. Thompson's conception of class, the case is made for keeping 'plebeian' and 'class' experiences in conceptual tension. |
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| ISSN: | 1465-4466 1569-206X |