Once the final economic crisis of capitalism has occurred, the fate of the revolution depends on the ideological maturity of the proletariat, on its class consciousness. This determines the unique ...

In radical politics one of the most cherished, thought about, and fawned over concepts is that of "class consciousness". It is assumed that the majority of the victims of capitalism remain victims ...

American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 69, No. 2 (Sep., 1963), pp. 177-184 (8 pages) Data from an earlier study of textile workers are used to construct an index of class consciousness. The index is ...

In recent years, everything and everyone seems increasingly radicalized, pushing us to our own sectors or pulling us closer together — all conjoined in feelings of disillusionment, misunderstanding ...

Social Forces, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Sep., 1984), pp. 98-116 (19 pages) This paper is an empirical study of class consciousness among a random sample of textile workers in a small North Carolina city.

An absolute precondition for class warfare is class consciousness. And one of the great mysteries of American history is that with just a few transient exceptions, there has been near zero class ...