ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the context of research problematic to realise the potential energy constituted within critical nuances, class consciousness is necessary because it cultivates the conditions in which the individual may heuristically act with purpose in his/her social world. It discusses class consciousness and practices in Sweden, which would add to wider debates about social transformational understanding and strategies. The research strategy required recruiting different kinds of participants to enable comparison exploring diversity of perspectives, potentially bringing to light critical nuances to consent specifically articulated with people from three specific identities. The aim was to identify social and cultural mechanisms and critical nuances in identity and self-conceptions whilst exploring social class with cultural formations of 'ethno-racial' and national identity in consciousness and practices. One of the creative elements of the research design was the incorporation of Life History interviews with Marxism. Life history interviews are personal and political encounters that involve intersubjectivity and management of roles and expectations.
