Crisis, Class, Hegemony: Three Remarks on the Contemporary Critique of Capitalism

Authors

Brian Milstein, University of LimerickFollow

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5767-2524

Keywords

capitalism, crisis, class, emancipation, hegemony, democracy

Document Type

Radical Critical Theory Circle's Symposium 'Thinking Capitalism in the 21st Century'

Abstract

Azmanova rightly notes that the present conjuncture has been marked by a vexing exhaustion of utopian energies—which she sees underwritten by a condition of “meta-crisis” and a “paradox of emancipation.” I am sympathetic to her insights, but I wonder how these figure into a broader critique of the politics of present-day capitalism. In a brief addendum to this symposium, I remark on three theoretical problem areas pertinent to the contemporary critique of capitalism: (a) the theory of crisis as it pertains to emancipatory politics, (b) the idea of an emancipatory class, and (c) the concept of hegemony in the context of democratic politics.

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Recommended Citation

Milstein, Brian (2024) "Crisis, Class, Hegemony: Three Remarks on the Contemporary Critique of Capitalism," Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis: Vol. 3: Iss. 3, Article 11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55533/2765-8414.1123
Available at: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/emancipations/vol3/iss3/11