Critical Theory and the Critique of Alternative Societies

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Co-Operatives, Mutual Aid and Universal Basic Income

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

2 439 kr

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Anti-capitalist activism has taken a wrong direction and social and political theoretical theorists have failed to realise this. The trend for building, what has become called, ‘Alternative Societies’, spaces such as mutual aid groups and workers’ co-operatives, failed to grasp the true power of the capitalist totality. Drawing on the work of the early Frankfurt School, this book argues that such anti-capitalist strategies are deeply mistaken and must be urgently reconsidered.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-04-14
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCritical Theory and Contemporary Society
Antal sidor208
FörlagManchester University Press
ISBN9781526172228

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'This very important and challenging book draws on early critical theory in a sustained and nuanced evaluation of post-capitalist projects'. — Emeritus Professor William Outhwaite, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University.'The time has come to take the excesses of left political theory to critical task. In this bold new book, one of the most important new voices in the Critical Theory tradition does just that. Neal Harris confronts the advocates of pre-figurative politics and those that glibly assert that capitalism can be transformed from within. Harris shows how deeply powerful capitalism as a social system actually is and how a new critical theory will be needed to cultivate a more muscular and politically relevant movement politics that will be capable of genuine social transformation.' — Michael J. Thompson, Professor of Political Theory, William Paterson University