İlişki, Süreç ve Deneyim: E. P. Thompson’ın Sınıf Kuramı
Relationship, Process and Experience: E. P. Thompson's Theory of Class

Summary/Abstract: Edward Palmer Thompson, who considers class as a relation and a process, has developed an original Marxist theory of class. Thompson criticized structuralist Marxism, which treats classes as carriers of structures. He emphasized the power of the class to be a subject. Thompson, who traced the class relations in the everyday experiences of ordinary people, developed a humanistic historical methodology. In this study, which aims to examine E.P Thompson's class theory, Thompson's classes will be discussed in line with a broad theoretical spectrum and accompanied by a rich conceptual repertoire to show that he adds great wealth to Marxist class theory. First of all, it will be tried to explain the humanist historical perspective on which Thompson's class theory is based. Afterward, Thompson's class theory will be examined in general, based on his theses in his work titled ‘The Making of the English Working Class’. Thompson's theory of class will be discussed in comparison with other Marxist class theories (especially structuralist Marxist class theory) and the originality of the concept of class as a relation and process will be shown. Finally, it will be argued that Thompson's theory of class transcends the dualisms of subject-determination, class-structure, praxis-historical obligation.

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