The "invention" of the working class as a discursive practice and the genesis of the empiric method of social sciences in France (1830-48)

The essay explores some of the processes through which the ‘working class’ emerged both as a collective subjectivity and as a field of social science inquiry and public policies in 19th century France. Starting from the 1831 Canuts revolt, widely recognized as the stepping stone of the European work...

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Main Author: Federico Tomasello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2016-12-01
Series:Scienza & Politica
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Online Access:https://scienzaepolitica.unibo.it/article/view/6613