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From Caste Consciousness to Class Consciousness Alleppey Coir Workers during Inter-War Period
The formation of the working class cannot be considered complete till workers become aware of the social relationship which defines their common identity as well as the conflicts arising therefrom. The emergence of political consciousness, unlike trade union consciousness, requires conscious interve...
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Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Jan. 26, 1985), pp. PE5-PE18
1985
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/003732.pdf |
| Summary: | The formation of the working class cannot be considered complete till workers become aware of the social relationship which defines their common identity as well as the conflicts arising therefrom. The emergence of political consciousness, unlike trade union consciousness, requires conscious intervention and is related to the totality of social relations and traditions in which the wage-labour relationship is embedded In India an important aspect to be considered is the implications of the persistence of pre-capitalist relations and institutions like the caste system and the social conflicts arising therefrom in the larger society outside the factory These problems, related to the interaction between caste and class in the development of the working class, are the concern of this paper. The discussion is centred on the experience of coir workers of Alleppey during the inter-war period |
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