The alternative to capitalism - democratic protagonism in the 21st century
The paper explores the possibility of creating a positive vision of post-capitalist society and economy, a blue-print for future society with reminiscence to the existing valuable drafts such as Marx and Engels’s Communist Manifesto. Also, it focuses on shortcomings of that blue-print th...
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2023-01-01
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| description | The paper explores the possibility of creating a positive vision of
post-capitalist society and economy, a blue-print for future society with
reminiscence to the existing valuable drafts such as Marx and Engels’s
Communist Manifesto. Also, it focuses on shortcomings of that blue-print
that became evident through the experiences of 20th-century real socialisms.
Following Canadian Marxist Michael Lebowitz, the paper elaborates on how the
vision of socialism for the 21st century should place central emphasis on
the importance of changing the social relations of production. The central
problem is located in the “vanguard relations of production”, the central
power and hierarchical authority in the hand of the party vanguard. The
paper stresses the importance of the communist party as central to the
articulation of the interests of the proletarian class as a whole, a class
whose central interest is the overthrow of capitalism. However, the project
of overthrowing capitalism must include the recognition of the practical
comprehension of the importance of the democratic protagonism. Workers
cannot be subordinated as passive observers of the system change. A change
in social circumstances should simultaneously mean a change in the actors
themselves - the socialist protagonists. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eeda37b2556f4f29a3ea1416d6da1ddd2024-04-10T10:16:06ZdeuInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory, BelgradeFilozofija i Društvo0353-57382334-85772023-01-0134463764910.2298/FID2304637P0353-57382304637PThe alternative to capitalism - democratic protagonism in the 21st centuryPeović Katarina0Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social SciencesThe paper explores the possibility of creating a positive vision of post-capitalist society and economy, a blue-print for future society with reminiscence to the existing valuable drafts such as Marx and Engels’s Communist Manifesto. Also, it focuses on shortcomings of that blue-print that became evident through the experiences of 20th-century real socialisms. Following Canadian Marxist Michael Lebowitz, the paper elaborates on how the vision of socialism for the 21st century should place central emphasis on the importance of changing the social relations of production. The central problem is located in the “vanguard relations of production”, the central power and hierarchical authority in the hand of the party vanguard. The paper stresses the importance of the communist party as central to the articulation of the interests of the proletarian class as a whole, a class whose central interest is the overthrow of capitalism. However, the project of overthrowing capitalism must include the recognition of the practical comprehension of the importance of the democratic protagonism. Workers cannot be subordinated as passive observers of the system change. A change in social circumstances should simultaneously mean a change in the actors themselves - the socialist protagonists.https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2023/0353-57382304637P.pdfmanifesto of the communist partydemocratic protagonismavant-garde partysocialisms of the 20th centuryanti-capitalist leftreal socialisms |
| spellingShingle | Peović Katarina The alternative to capitalism - democratic protagonism in the 21st century Filozofija i Društvo manifesto of the communist party democratic protagonism avant-garde party socialisms of the 20th century anti-capitalist left real socialisms |
| title | The alternative to capitalism - democratic protagonism in the 21st century |
| title_full | The alternative to capitalism - democratic protagonism in the 21st century |
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| title_sort | alternative to capitalism democratic protagonism in the 21st century |
| topic | manifesto of the communist party democratic protagonism avant-garde party socialisms of the 20th century anti-capitalist left real socialisms |
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