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Modern Society – A Complex, Evolutionary, Self-Organising, Antagonistic System
The aim of this paper is to outline some foundational aspects of a theory of self-organising social change. Synchronous social self-organisation is based on a contradiction between structures and actors that produces emergent results. The cycle of expanded reproduction of … Continue reading
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The Self-Organisation of Society
The aim of this paper is to outline some aspects of the self-organisation of society based on a dialectical methodology. On a very general level, society can be characterised as a re-creative system: By mutual productive relationships of social structures … Continue reading
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Can Gift Exchange Fix the Problems of Capitalism and Rebuild our Lost Community?
Community is woven from gifts. Unlike today’s market system, whose built-in scarcity compels competition in which more for me is less for you, in a gift economy the opposite holds. Because people in gift culture pass on their surplus rather … Continue reading
O casamento entre democracia e capitalismo acabou
O filósofo e escritor esloveno Slavoj Zizek visitou a acampamento do movimento Ocupar Wall Street, no parque Zuccotti, em Nova York e falou aos manifestantes. “Estamos testemunhando como o sistema está se autodestruindo. Quando criticarem o capitalismo, não se deixem … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Democracy, Movimientos sociales, OWS, Social movements
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Alter-Globalization as a Social Movement
Read Alter-globalization as a social movement is seen as a worthy cause because its goals aim to sustain those being afflicted by the selfish acts of global corporations and their negative effect on human value, the environment, and social justices. … Continue reading
Crise: déficit maior é de democracia, não de ajuste fiscal
Read A dimensão sistêmica da crise não é um atributo apenas da esfera econômica, mas argui a capacidade da esquerda de intervir para mudar o rumo da engrenagem em pane, em vez de se comportar apenas como um dente constitutivo … Continue reading
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A crise da “sociedade de mercado”
Read A ficção da “sociedade de mercado” autorregulada que desmorona agora na Grécia, na Espanha e em outros países europeus, é resultado de um processo que vem de vários anos. Talvez suas primeiras manifestações tenham surgido nas periferias do sistema … Continue reading
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Living in the Age of Imposed Amnesia: The Eclipse of Democratic Formative Culture
Living in the Age of Imposed Amnesia: The Eclipse of Democratic Formative Culture The importance of formative culture as a mode of civic education in the shaping of democratic values and critical agents can be found in the work of … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Citizenship, Cohesion, Culture, Democracy, Politics, Social inclusion
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