Against Capital – Experiences of Class Struggle and Rethinking Revolutionary Agency

In today's globalised world, and after the collapse of Stalinism, what remains of Marx's 'the working class as the gravediggers of capitalism'?

About the author

Cliff Slaughter, brought up in a Communist Party family in Yorkshire, worked as a coalminer as an alternative to military National Service, before graduating from Cambridge University. He co-authored the classic Coal is Our Life with Norman Dennis and Fernando Henriques, since when has written a number of books on the working-class movement, socialism and Marxist theory. Now retired, he for many years taught social anthropology and sociology at the Universities of Leeds and Bradford.

Summary

In today's globalised world, and after the collapse of Stalinism, what remains of Marx's 'the working class as the gravediggers of capitalism'?

Product details

• Authors: Cliff Slaughter, Slaughter Cliff
• Assisted by: Cliff Slaughter (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9781785350948
• ISBN: 978-1-78535-094-8
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 216 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, Revolutionary groups & movements, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions