Title: The class matrix : social theory after the cultural turn /
Authors: Chibber, Vivek, 1965-
Year: 2022
Subjects: Social classes; Class consciousness; Wealth Social aspects.; Materialism Social aspects.; Equality; Class consciousness; Equality; Materialism Social aspects; Social classes; Wealth Social aspects
Abstract: "Does class determine economic options, or is class in our heads-a matter of interpreting symbols and meanings? Cultural theorists have made the second claim, sidelining materialism. Now, amid deepening inequality, Vivek Chibber defends materialist analysis of class power, while arguing that we still have something to learn from cultural frameworks"--
Contents: Class structure -- Class formation -- Consent, coercion, and resignation -- Agency, contingency, and all that -- How capitalism endures.