What are the essential features of capitalism according to Jürgen Kocka, and what are the three types of critique of capitalism presented by Rahel Jaeggi?
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The text provides a comprehensive overview of various philosophical critiques and theories related to capitalism and property rights, detailing different thinkers and their arguments. It explores key concepts such as capitalism's essential features, critiques of capitalism, labor theory of property, entitlement theory, and social management concepts, highlighting contrasts in ideology and real-world applications.
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Capitalism features: decentralization, commodification (Kocka). Critiques: ethical, functional, transformative (Jaeggi).
Jürgen Kocka identifies essential features of capitalism as decentralization, commodification, and marketization of wage labor. Rahel Jaeggi presents three types of critique of capitalism: ethical, functional, and transformative critiques.
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Jürgen Kocka identifies essential features of capitalism as decentralization, commodification, and marketization of wage labor. Rahel Jaeggi presents three types of critique of capitalism: ethical, functional, and transformative critiques.
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Kocka emphasizes certain systemic features central to functioning capitalist economies, while Jaeggi focuses on ways to critically assess capitalism through different lenses.
Tips
Be careful not to confuse the critiques presented by Jaeggi with general critiques of capitalism by other theorists.
Sources
- What is capitalism? Toward a working definition - Sage Journals - journals.sagepub.com
- Foretelling the End of Capitalism - asau.ru
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