Conjugated oppression within contemporary capitalism: class, caste, tribe and agrarian change in India

Main author: Lerche, Jens
Other authors: Alpa, Shah
Format: Journal Article           
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description Neoliberal globalisation has resulted in the bypassing of agrarian transition-led industrialisation and classic proletarianisation, and class-for-itself class struggles are rare. Drawing on analyses of class relations, racism and other forms of social oppression, this contribution explores how processes of ‘conjugated oppression’ are central to the spread of contemporary capitalism. The focus is on India and on how the co-constitution of class relations and social oppression based on caste, tribe, gender and region is entrenching Dalits and Adivasis at the bottom of social and economic hierarchies. The analysis has deep-seated consequences for how we think about political struggles, in this case ones that foreground caste and tribe and focus on both labour and land.
format Journal Article
author Lerche, Jens
author_facet Lerche, Jens
Alpa, Shah
authorStr Lerche, Jens
author_letter Lerche, Jens
author2 Alpa, Shah
author2Str Alpa, Shah
title Conjugated oppression within contemporary capitalism: class, caste, tribe and agrarian change in India
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2018
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29906/