O conceito de classe em O Capital: o professor como proletário em Marx

Abstract

This thesis addresses the concept of class in Capital, reflecting its gaps and presenting analytical possibilities when elaborating a coherent definition regarding its categorical definition, establishing consistent links between the property relation, wage labour, antagonism to capital and ideological position as constituent parts of the working class. In reference to the methodological approach by which Marx mentions his critique of the capitalist mode of production in Capital unveils the theoretical foundations capable of orienting a systemic analysis of the proletariat, overcoming refusive abstract definitions to a stereotypical stiffness based on an ideal obreirista focused description. The incorporation of the dialectic method to the proletarian analysis distinguishes the historical character and fluidity of its development, identifying skilled knowledge workers, including teachers, as components of the modern working class, determining the course of the class struggle and the elaboration of the revolutionary program.