The Dangerous Class: The Concept of the Lumpenproletariat

by Clyde Barrow

Marx and Engels' concept of the "lumpenproletariat," or underclass (an anglicized, politically neutral term), appears in The Communist Manifesto and other writings. It refers to "the dangerous class, the social scum, that passively rotting mass thrown off by the lowest layers of old society," whose lowly status made its residents potential tools of the capitalists against the working class. Surprisingly, no one has made a substantial study...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472132245
• ISBN13: 9780472132249
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"