O que há (se de fato há algo) de errado com o capitalismo? Três vias de crítica do capitalismo

Starting from the question of how capitalism can be criticized today, the text categorizes arguments brought forward against capitalism into three lines of reasoning (functional, moral, ethical) and analyzes their argumentative approaches. Furthermore, they are examined as to whether their points of critique discuss specific characteristics of a capitalist economic and social order. Thus, strengths and weaknesses of the different patterns of reasoning are exposed. Last, the paper offers an outlook on how the identified deficits could be resolved by combining the different approaches of critique.Partindo da questão, com base em quais fundamentos o capitalismo pode ser hoje criticado, o texto categoriza os argumentos utilizados na crítica do capitalismo em três vias argumentativas (funcional, moral, ética) e as analisa em suas linhas de raciocínio. Além disso, examinaremos se seus pontos críticos realmente tematizam características específicas de um sistema econômico e social capitalista. Dessa forma, são expostos os pontos fortes e fracos de cada modelo de argumentação. Por fim, o artigo oferece um panorama de como uma possível combinação das diferentes vias da crítica poderia resolver os déficits identificados

Qu’est-ce qu’une (bonne) institution ?

Les institutions sont la colonne vertébrale du social, elles sont ce qui lui confère forme et stabilité. Parce qu’elles sont partie intégrante de l’infrastructure du vivre ensemble, la question de leur succès et de leur échec représente l’un des problèmes fondamentaux de la philosophie sociale. Les institutions n’influencent pas seulement une part considérable des conditions dans lesquelles vivent les individus : nous sommes réellement, comme il a été maintes fois remarqué, confrontés à des i..

The Working Sovereign: A conversation with Axel Honneth

In the summer of 2021, Axel Honneth was invited by the Centre for Social Critique Berlin to give the Walter Benjamin Lectures. The lectures have now been published in German under the title Der arbeitende Souverän (The Working Sovereign). In a conversation with the directors of the Centre for Social Critique, Rahel Jaeggi and Robin Celikates, Axel Honneth explains why he believes a political theory of labor is necessary, how the world of work has changed, and what opportunities and risks this entails for democratization processes.Peer Reviewe

The Working Sovereign: A conversation with Axel Honneth

In the summer of 2021, Axel Honneth was invited by the Centre for Social Critique Berlin to give the Walter Benjamin Lectures. The lectures have now been published in German under the title Der arbeitende Souverän (The Working Sovereign). In a conversation with the directors of the Centre for Social Critique, Rahel Jaeggi and Robin Celikates, Axel Honneth explains why he believes a political theory of labor is necessary, how the world of work has changed, and what opportunities and risks this entails for democratization processes

Introduction: Axel Honneth’s “The Working Sovereign”

In his 2021 Walter Benjamin Lectures, Axel Honneth questioned the displacement of work from the center of contemporary political theories. This special issue collects an interview with Axel Honneth on central theses of his lectures and a number of commentaries that discuss issues like Honneth’s extended definition of work, his inclusion of long neglected care activities in the definition of work, the requirements for non-detrimental, meaningful work, Honneth’s criticism of contemporary trends in the division of labor, as well as his rejection of traditional critiques of working relations and conditions such as above all the critique of alienation. The special issue closes with a rejoinder by Axel Honneth.Peer Reviewe

Introduction: Axel Honneth’s “The Working Sovereign”

In his 2021 Walter Benjamin Lectures, Axel Honneth questioned the displacement of work from the center of contemporary political theories. This special issue collects an interview with Axel Honneth on central theses of his lectures and a number of commentaries that discuss issues like Honneth’s extended definition of work, his inclusion of long neglected care activities in the definition of work, the requirements for non-detrimental, meaningful work, Honneth’s criticism of contemporary trends in the division of labor, as well as his rejection of traditional critiques of working relations and conditions such as above all the critique of alienation. The special issue closes with a rejoinder by Axel Honneth