Philosophy 3810F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Anti-Capitalism, Neoliberalism, Planned Economy

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 3810F/G
• Professor: Steve D' Arcy

Document Summary

The anti-capitalist movement is far from homogeneous ideologically: it encompasses a variety of political currents. Bourgeois anti-capitalism accepts the neo-liberal claim that market capitalism offers the solution to the problems of humankind, but argues that it should become more responsive to the criticisms of civil society. Localist anti-capitalism seeks to develop micro-relationships among producers and consumers that promote social justice and economic self-sufficiency. Reformist anti-capitalism advocates a return to the more regulated capitalism of the immediate post-war era through changes that the international level (for example, the. Tobin tax) that would restore greater economic power to the nation state. Autonomist anti-capitalism sees in the decentralized network forms of organizing characteristic of the movement the strategic and ethical resources from which an alternative to capitalism will emerge. Socialist anti-capitalism (the position outlined at more length in the next chapter) argued that the only alternative to capitalism consistent with modernity is a democratically planned economy.