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Plebs, Class and Everything in Between

A Review of The Plebeian Experience by Martin Breaugh

In: Historical Materialism
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Hugo Bonin Département de science politique, Université du Québec à Montréal Canada

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Abstract

Following a summary of M. Breaugh’s book The Plebeian Experience, the question of the relationship of plebs and class is addressed. Drawing on N. Thoburn’s discussion of the ‘lumpenproletariat’ as well as E.P. Thompson’s conception of class, the case is made for keeping ‘plebeian’ and ‘class’ experiences in conceptual tension.

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