Sociology I · 10 marks · 150 words

How could one use the Marxist class struggle concept to understand the farm protests and crisis in India?

Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2025

Syllabus: Sociological Thinkers: (a) Karl Marx- Historical materialism, mode of production, alienation, class struggle. (b) Emile Durkheim- Division of labour, social fact, suicide, religion and society. (c) Max Weber- Social action, ideal types, authority, bureaucracy, protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism. (d) Talcolt Parsons- Social system, pattern variables. (e) Robert K. Merton- Latent and manifest functions, conformity and deviance, reference groups. (f) Mead - Self and identity.

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RajeshwariAIR 2 · CSE 2025 · 153 wordsTheir whole copy

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Marxist class struggle insist on the contradictions between haves and havenots in the society.

Class struggle concept of Marx help understand various contemporary events, one such is farm protests.

Marxist class struggle concept → understand farm protests and crisis in India:

→ Negation between contradictions occur when farmers faces the deprivation and loss due to new farm laws. Farmers feel insecurity with laws that they benefit capitalist. Hence they initiate protest.

→ Class consciousness of farmers is major reason for farm protest. They feel the oneness and the exploitation, hence protest against it.

→ Ruling class and subject class identity is matched with farmers and the Government when Government refuses to legalise MSP.

→ With contract farming and amending essential commodities act, there is change in Relations of production & Mode of production which initiate farmer protest.

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Hence, Marxian concept of class struggle stand relevant with its basic attributes matching with farm protest.

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