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Marx, the Proletariat, and the 'Will to Socialism'
- Abstract:
- This article examines the development of Marx’s thought in its attempt to explain why the proletariat as a class were historically inclined to accept socialist ideas. For Marx, socialist consciousness arises from an innate desire to secure one’s mode of subsistence. Class consciousness always idealises independent proprietorship. This holds true for proletarians. However, as capitalism makes individual proprietorship impossible, only collective ownership appears to offer secure independence.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/03017600902989773
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- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Journal:
- Critique More from this journal
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 319-343
- Publication date:
- 2009-01-01
- Edition:
- Author's Original
- DOI:
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1748-8605
- ISSN:
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0301-7605
- Language:
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English
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ora:2794
- Deposit date:
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2009-05-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Taylor and Francis
- Copyright date:
- 2009
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2009 Critique. This is a preprint of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory in June 2009, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03017600902989773.
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