What (who) is lumpenproletariat - definition
lumpenproletariat
![Ritter with an ''[[Ordnungspolizei]]'' officer and a Romani woman, 1936](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv R 165 Bild-244-71, Dr. Robert Ritter mit alter Frau und Polizist.jpg?width=200 "Ritter with an ''[[Ordnungspolizei]]'' officer and a Romani woman, 1936")
![A depiction of the 1848 uprising in Paris by [[Horace Vernet]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horace Vernet-Barricade rue Soufflot.jpg?width=200 "A depiction of the 1848 uprising in Paris by [[Horace Vernet]].")
MARXIST TERM TO DESCRIBE THE UNDERCLASS
Lumpen proletariat; Lumpen-proletariat; Lumpenproleteriat; Lumpenprole; Lumpen-proletarian; Subproletariat
[?l?mp?npr??l?'t?:r??t]
¦ noun [treated as sing. or plural] (especially in Marxist terminology) the apolitical lower orders of society uninterested in revolutionary advancement.
Origin
1920s: from Ger. (orig. used by Karl Marx), from Lumpen 'rag, rogue' + proletariat.
Lumpenproletariat
MARXIST TERM TO DESCRIBE THE UNDERCLASS
Lumpen proletariat; Lumpen-proletariat; Lumpenproleteriat; Lumpenprole; Lumpen-proletarian; Subproletariat
Lumpenproletariat () refers – primarily in Marxist theory – to the underclass devoid of class consciousness. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels coined the word in the 1840s and used it to refer to the unthinking lower strata of society exploited by reactionary and counter-revolutionary forces, particularly in the context of the revolutions of 1848.
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Lumpenproletariat
Lumpenproletariat () refers – primarily in Marxist theory – to the underclass devoid of class consciousness. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels coined the word in the 1840s and used it to refer to the unthinking lower strata of society exploited by reactionary and counter-revolutionary forces, particularly in the context of the revolutions of 1848.
Examples of use of lumpenproletariat
1. The irony of Iran has been that, for years now, a significant portion of its population has been decidedly less anti–American than almost any other state in the Middle East, and yet the clerics and their lumpenproletariat revolutionary cohorts like Ahmadinejad have, through manipulated elections, been able to retain control of the security and foreign policy establishments.