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In this paper, I examine the operations of the contemporary global economy in order to assess both the possibility and the desirability of a renascent approach to class in both political theory and politics proper. To do this, I elabortate briefly my theory of "effective marxism" and then show how this approach to Marx suggests a return to a historically out-of-fashion concept in support of a democratic politcs. My argument is threefold. First, I point to the performative nature of the terms used to characterize our economic order (capitalism, globalization). Second, I show how this recognition informs an approach to class which is quite different from the unidimensional, pre-political essentialism typical in marxism. Third, I discuss how an effective theory of class contains a humility which guards against the devastating social projects of marxisms past. Ultimately, this suggests a comportment of humility toward and responsibility for the social conditions with which we find ourselves confronted. |
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| Lavin, Chad. "E-Capitalism & Postliberal Agency" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65089_index.html> |
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| Lavin, C. , 2002-08-28 "E-Capitalism & Postliberal Agency" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65089_index.html |
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Abstract: In this paper, I examine the operations of the contemporary global economy in order to assess both the possibility and the desirability of a renascent approach to class in both political theory and politics proper. To do this, I elabortate briefly my theory of "effective marxism" and then show how this approach to Marx suggests a return to a historically out-of-fashion concept in support of a democratic politcs. My argument is threefold. First, I point to the performative nature of the terms used to characterize our economic order (capitalism, globalization). Second, I show how this recognition informs an approach to class which is quite different from the unidimensional, pre-political essentialism typical in marxism. Third, I discuss how an effective theory of class contains a humility which guards against the devastating social projects of marxisms past. Ultimately, this suggests a comportment of humility toward and responsibility for the social conditions with which we find ourselves confronted. |
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| --- ECapitalism & Postliberal Agency --- Chad Lavin Department of Political Science The Pennsylvania State University 107 Burrowes Building University Park PA 16802 clavin@psu.edu 2002 American Political Science Association Meeting August 29 September 1 Boston 1 The modernist project was doomed from the getgo. In the quest to increase our control over nature (to avoid conflicts hunger gravity etc.) we built institutions (e.g. states economies sciences) with tremendous power over individuals. Though we are able to navigate and |
| collective that has no claim on any universal or transcendental status. Such an analysis would help produce subjects feeling a responsibility for how choices made locally have global impact and the necessarily postliberal nature of an effectively democratic politics. These subjects might recognize the multiplicity of sites of oppressive power and the complicity of a liberal divisiveness in the maintenance of a sheltering and alienating worldview. We could then move through the unmediated ideology of liberal choice and freedom |
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