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proletariat

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
proletariat , in Marxian theory, the class of exploited workers and wage earners who depend on the sale of their labor for their means of existence. In ancient Rome, the proletariat was the lowest class of citizens; its members had no property or assured income and were a source of discontent and political instability. According to Karl Marx , the breakup of feudalism and the development of capitalism created a new, propertyless class from the dispossessed peasants and retainers who were forced to sell their labor for wages in the new industrial centers. Marx believed that the seizure of power... Read more
proletariat
A Dictionary of Sociology proletariat Karl Marx's working class ... and eventual triumph, the proletariat is today diminishing in ... writings on alienation , the proletariat represented the creation ... then it is a struggle to free this labour-power, and thus also the proletariat, which epitomizes the ... Read more
semi-proletariat
A Dictionary of Sociology semi-proletariat A wage labour-force that is not wholly dependent on the wage for economic subsistence. Typically this occurs where wage-workers ... Read more

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