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Workerism may refer to any form of politics which glorifies and primarily focuses on the working class <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/workerism|title=workerism - definition of workerism in English - Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries - English}}</ref> | '''Workerism''' may refer to any form of politics which glorifies and primarily focuses on the working class,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/workerism|title=workerism - definition of workerism in English - Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries - English}}</ref> but it is often viewed as a separate ideology from orthodox Marxism, with more of a focus on a specifically idealised worker matching certain characteristics than the worker in the abstact. | ||
In modern parlance, it is most often used as a pejorative, as an accusation that the so-called workerist is focused on the 'working class' as a subjective [[Identity politics|identity]] instead of as a strictly defined class in the Marxist sense. It is closely linked to the concept of the [[ | In modern parlance, it is most often used as a pejorative, as an accusation that the so-called workerist is focused on the 'working class' as a subjective [[Identity politics|identity]] instead of as a strictly defined class in the Marxist sense. It is closely linked to the concept of the [[white working class]], where a specific conservative, white, and rural blue collar individual is held us as a representative of the working class, with equally exploited and underpaid workers who are more cosmopolitan or white collar decried as middle class or [[Professional managerial class|'professional managerial class']]. | ||
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Workerism may refer to any form of politics which glorifies and primarily focuses on the working class,[1] but it is often viewed as a separate ideology from orthodox Marxism, with more of a focus on a specifically idealised worker matching certain characteristics than the worker in the abstact.
In modern parlance, it is most often used as a pejorative, as an accusation that the so-called workerist is focused on the 'working class' as a subjective identity instead of as a strictly defined class in the Marxist sense. It is closely linked to the concept of the white working class, where a specific conservative, white, and rural blue collar individual is held us as a representative of the working class, with equally exploited and underpaid workers who are more cosmopolitan or white collar decried as middle class or 'professional managerial class'.
References
- ↑ "workerism - definition of workerism in English - Oxford Dictionaries". Oxford Dictionaries - English.