Publication

2000-07-11 - University of Illinois Press

Language

English

Word Count

62,000 words, Guess

Page Count

248 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number99050925
  • LibraryThing5874585
  • Goodreads5724224

Classifications

  • LCCHT690.U6 H63 2000

Description

"In this analysis of the rise of the professional class in America, Donald Clark Hodges reveals that under the cover of mature capitalism, the United States has taken on the characteristics of two of its avowed political nemeses: socialism and fascism.". "Class Politics in the Information Age uncovers the origins, development, aims, means, and moral and political hypocrisy of the new class of professionals. In line with a broad consensus that expertise has replaced capital as the decisive asset in the informational economy, Hodges asserts that professionals have replaced capitalists as the premier exploiting class. The dictatorship of the proletariat predicted by Marx is, the United States, a dictatorship of experts."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

Class struggle is a political phenomenon best understood within the framework of political theory and political economics in particular-that is, political economy.

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