Marx position was not about who shall be emancipated or not but who have an interest to struggle for the revolution. In his mind, a part of the proletariat was too precarious, and could be easily corrupt by the bourgeoisie. Such as thieves and cops.
However with the development of the communists party and their propaganda around ouvrierism, the pride of workers turn to be the pride to work. The lumpen became a slur against people that do not work enough; a conception close to the far-right view of unemployed “parasites”.
That’s why nobody use that term anymore, even if it’s still accurate for cops and managers
I read the capital, the manifesto, the Feuerbach thesen and the 18the brumaire of Luis Bonaparte in German original and can’t recall what you propose. But there are lots of other texts, so if what you say is source based, I am pleased to learn.
“Lumpen” is German for rags, meaning the poorest of the poor, I can’t imagine him using that for managers and the like, in another way than sarcastic. It would absolutely not fit into his theory of society.
Marx position was not about who shall be emancipated or not but who have an interest to struggle for the revolution. In his mind, a part of the proletariat was too precarious, and could be easily corrupt by the bourgeoisie. Such as thieves and cops.
However with the development of the communists party and their propaganda around ouvrierism, the pride of workers turn to be the pride to work. The lumpen became a slur against people that do not work enough; a conception close to the far-right view of unemployed “parasites”. That’s why nobody use that term anymore, even if it’s still accurate for cops and managers
I ask again, does anyone has a quote on that?
I read the capital, the manifesto, the Feuerbach thesen and the 18the brumaire of Luis Bonaparte in German original and can’t recall what you propose. But there are lots of other texts, so if what you say is source based, I am pleased to learn.
“Lumpen” is German for rags, meaning the poorest of the poor, I can’t imagine him using that for managers and the like, in another way than sarcastic. It would absolutely not fit into his theory of society.
Yeah, never heard that as well - quote would be nice