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S03E29 - Nancy Fraser on Alternatives to Capitalism
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S03E29 - Nancy Fraser on Alternatives to Capitalism

Future Histories

January 5, 20251h 41m

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Show Notes

Nancy Fraser discusses her understanding of capitalism as an integrated social order and explores its implications for envisioning a desirable postcapitalism.

 

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If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:

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Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.

https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1

 

Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press.

https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construction


International Network for Democratic Economic Planning

https://www.indep.network/


Democratic Planning Research Platform:

https://www.planningresearch.net/


Democratic Planning Forum:

https://forum.democratic-planning.com/

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Shownotes


Remarque Institute

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Nancy Fraser at The New School for Social Research:

https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty/nancy-fraser/


Fraser, N. (2023). Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet and What We Can Do About It. Verso Books.

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https://youtu.be/jf6laSf6Eko?si=iWL-Za4pPPwF0xvb


on social differentiation as discussed in sociology:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiation_(sociology)


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on Marx’s account of surplus value:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surplus_value


Robaszkiewicz, M. & Weinman, M. (2023) Hannah Arendt and Politics. Edinburgh University Press.

https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hannah-arendt-and-politics.html


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https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/83289/1/668400315.pdf


Elson, D. (2015). Value: The Representation of Labour in Capitalism. Verso Books.

https://www.versobooks.com/products/159-value?srsltid=AfmBOooSko5DiXwMNN2NjSay4BP4n9cM-4y53r7G90VPbvE6itl5rxKT


Robertson, J. (2017) The Life and Death of Yugoslav Socialism. Jacobin.

https://jacobin.com/2017/07/yugoslav-socialism-tito-self-management-serbia-balkans


Moore, J. W. (2015). Capitalism in the web of life: Ecology and the accumulation of capital. Verso Books.

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https://www.jstor.org/stable/2708933


Bois, W. E. B. Du. (1935). Black Reconstruction. An Essay toward a History of the Part which Black Folk played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880. Harcourt, Brace and Company.

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on Bernard Mandeville and “Private Vice, Public Virtue”:

https://iep.utm.edu/mandevil/


Kaufmann, F. (1959) John Dewey’s Theory of Inquiry. The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 56, No. 21.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2022592


on Habermas:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/habermas/


on “Neurath’s boat”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurath%27s_boat

 


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