The concept of class: the sociology school books and the proposal of E. P. Thompson

Authors

  • Kênia Mara Gaedtke Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1806-5023.2015v12n2p65

Abstract

The paper proposes an analysis of new textbooks of sociology made available by the Ministry of Education from the National Textbook Program ( PNLD ) in 2014 , with specific focus on how the notion of class is treated in each of the materials in question. Starting from the notion of class advocated by British historian E.P. Thompson, we observe advances in theoretical and conceptual quality of the books provided by the program, but still a distance from the thompsonian proposal, which sees class does not like a tight concept, but as a relationship that takes place as active and historical process.

Author Biography

Kênia Mara Gaedtke, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Doutoranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia Política da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (PPGSP/UFSC), professora do Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina (IFSC).

Published

2015-12-09

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