Finance Capitalism, Landnahme and Discriminating Precariousness – Relevance for a New Social Critique
Finance Capitalism, Landnahme and Discriminating Precariousness – Relevance for a New Social Critique
Author(s): Klaus DörreSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: capitalist Landnahme; critique of capitalism; discriminating precariousness; dynamics of capitalism; exploitation; financial market capitalism; social classes
Summary/Abstract: This contribution discusses the return of the ‘social question’ to the basically still wealthy and secure societies of the Global North. Referring to the case of German welfare capitalism, a historically new form of discriminating precariousness is being identified. This type of precariousness results from processes of a market driven, capitalist Landnahme. The paper argues that this specific form of precariousness should be the subject matter of a renewed, scientific social critique.
Journal: Social Change Review
- Issue Year: 10/2012
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 125-151
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English
