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Emancipation from Capitalism?
- Source :
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Critical Horizons . 2014, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p194-205. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This paper seeks to answer the following question: does it still make sense today to speak of political emancipation, in particular in the sense bequeathed to us by Marx, as emancipation from capitalism? I consider three serious objections to this possibility: the objection that reference to 'capitalism' is unduly essentialist in view of the multiplicity of historical situations; the anti-utopian objection according to which the programme of emancipation from capitalism lacks any precise, practical content; and the normative objection that emancipation in and of itself does not specify the norms of the putative post-capitalist society. In the final section of the paper, I attempt to respond to these three objections, and seek to outline the different levels at which something like an emancipatory project, understood as a surpassing of capitalism, can still make sense today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CAPITALISM
*LIBERTY
*ANTI-globalization movement
*NEOLIBERALISM
*CRITICAL theory
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14409917
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Critical Horizons
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 96923261
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1179/1440991714Z.00000000031