Advanced capitalism

Advanced capitalism

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In political philosophy, advanced capitalism is the situation that pertains in a society in which the capitalist model has been integrated and developed deeply and extensively and for a prolonged period of time. The expression advanced capitalism distinguishes such societies from the historical previous forms of capitalism, mercantilism and industrial capitalism, and partially overlaps with the concepts of a developed country, of the post-industrial age, of finance capitalism, of post-Fordism, of the spectacular society, and of "developed", "modern" and "complex" capitalism.

Jürgen Habermas has been a major contributor to the analysis of advanced-capitalistic societies. According to Habermas, a key feature of advanced-capitalism is "privatism", meaning "political abstinence combined with an orientation to career, leisure and consumption" as well as "family orientation".^[1] Another key trait of complex capitalism is commodity fetishism.^[2] Antonio Gramsci, formulating his influential concept of cultural hegemony, said that in advanced capitalist societies, innovations such as compulsory schooling, mass media, and popular culture indoctrinate people with the opinions convenient to the powerful.

Bibliography

• Habermas, J. [1973] Legitimation Crisis (eng. translation by T. McCarthy). Boston: Beacon. from google books; excerpt
• Sombart, Werner (1916) Der moderne Kapitalismus. Historisch-systematische Darstellung des gesamteuropäischen Wirtschaftslebens von seinen Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Final edn. 1916, repr. 1969, paperback edn. (3 vols. in 6): 1987 Munich: dtv. (Also in Spanish; no English translation yet.)
• Ian Gough State Expenditure in Advanced Capitalism New Left Review
• Fredric Jameson (1991) Postmodernism or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
• Ernest Mandel Late Capitalism

See also

• Post-Fordism
• Capitalist mode of production
• Late capitalism
• State monopoly capitalism

References

1. ^ Habermas, 1988: 37, 75.
2. ^ Freeman, Lindsey Remembering Debord cannon-beach.net

Categories:

• Capitalist systems

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