Tag: social theory
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Daniel Bell and the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
Capitalism is often understood as an economic system based on markets, private property, competition, productivity, and growth. However, for the sociologist Daniel Bell, capitalism was not only an economic structure. It was also a cultural system, and this cultural dimension created one of its deepest contradictions. In his influential book The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism,…
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Miguel Anxo Bastos — Lecture on the Theory of the State
transcribed and translated from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_DnIdhdrmQ When we speak about the state, we see buildings, prisons, barracks, courthouses, schools, ministries, and so on. Someone might ask: “What is all this?” Well, these are the representatives of the state on earth. But let me explain: I am a believer, and I do not know any believer who…