Rationalization and Capitalism's Dialectic of Scarcity: A Critical Reinterpretation of Marx, Weber, Lukacs and Gramsci - Couverture souple

Panayotakis, Costas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3639159713 ISBN 13 : 9783639159714

Editeur : VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

Focusing on the relationship between capitalism, rationalization and scarcity, this book offers a critical reinterpretation of Marx, Weber, Lukacs and Gramsci. Pointing out the materialist elements in Weber's conception of the impulse underlying religious rationalization, this work argues that the emergence of capitalism creates the possibility of an alternative society that would use modern technology to drastically reduce the existence of undeserved human suffering that religious theodicies have tried to interpret. Thus, the emergence of capitalist society has inadvertently initiated a new stage in the rationalization process. The challenge is no longer to provide a coherent explanation of undeserved human suffering, but to undertake the social change necessary to reduce it. This challenge can be met by an alternative society that would use modern technology to overcome scarcity and meet everybody's needs. In this respect, capitalism creates a universal human interest in its own overcoming. To understand the obstacles to the recognition of this universal interest, this work draws from and reinterprets the works of Lukacs and Gramsci.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: VDM Verlag
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3639159713
• ISBN 13: 9783639159714
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 560
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible