The Next American Revolution? Reflections on Gar Alperovitz, What Then Must We Do?
David Schweickart
Front. Philos. China ›› 2014, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (3) : 350 -357.
The Next American Revolution? Reflections on Gar Alperovitz, What Then Must We Do?
Marx is concerned with theory that not only interprets but also changes the world. A central issue is thus the transition from capitalism to communism, a topic rarely considered by critics of capitalism today. An important exception is Gar Alperovitz, who, although eschewing the word “communism,” argues that we need “a new system” and sketches a transition strategy for moving “beyond capitalism.” This paper elaborates and evaluates this strategy
crisis / capitalism / revolution / transition / evolutionary reconstruction
Higher Education Press and Brill
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