The aim of this thesis is to elaborate the analysis of economic class within Burman’s ontological framework. To alleviate some shortcomings of Burman’s framework, I will make use of concepts presented by Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci. Further, I will draw on Sally Haslanger’s notion of structural explanation to distinguish micro from macro-level explanations and situate the second kind of explanation within class analysis. I will, following some analytical Marxists, argue that there is a possible distinction to be made between metaphysical reduction and explanatory reduction, and that class analysis requires macro-level explanations. I will provide an outline account of how Burman’s framework can be modified to accommodate macro-level explanations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-521871 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Hedlund, Gustav |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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