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The abundant literature regarding the extent of forms, criticisms, and actions to combat growing ... more The abundant literature regarding the extent of forms, criticisms, and actions to combat growing inequalities that has accumulated over the past several years has brought to the attention of the public ideological perspectives (Marxism) and concepts (class struggle) that had previously seemed to have been permanently abandoned. There is a growing opinion which in fact considers the inequalities associated with our current capitalist phase to be a factor of the reconstruction of classes, and protests against inequality to be a representation of renewed opposition between classes. The present paper aims to investigate, in the context of Western democracies: 1) how and to what extent the concept and forms of protest in the transition from Fordism to neoliberalism have changed; 2) whether the social conflicts and protests that have emerged since the economic crisis of 2007 may be interpreted through the reconstruction of the concept of class struggle. The argument is that while in the p...
The abundant literature regarding the extent of forms, criticisms, and actions to combat growing ... more The abundant literature regarding the extent of forms, criticisms, and actions to combat growing inequalities that has accumulated over the past several years has brought to the attention of the public ideological perspectives (Marxism) and concepts (class struggle) that had previously seemed to have been permanently abandoned. There is a growing opinion which in fact considers the inequalities associated with our current capitalist phase to be a factor of the reconstruction of classes, and protests against inequality to be a representation of renewed opposition between classes. The present paper aims to investigate, in the context of Western democracies: 1) how and to what extent the concept and forms of protest in the transition from Fordism to neoliberalism have changed; 2) whether the social conflicts and protests that have emerged since the economic crisis of 2007 may be interpreted through the reconstruction of the concept of class struggle. The argument is that while in the p...