The Lecture Capitalism is not democratic and democracy not capitalistic. Tensions and opportunities in historical perspective regards the relationship between capitalism and democracy; to discuss whether and in which sense capitalism and democracy are compatible. Whether they reinforce or impede each other, and, if so, in which sense.
The text moves from a historical perspective, but it gets to the present time.
The Author concludes that historically and systematically the relationship between capitalism and democracy is ambiguous. In other words, it is not fully determined. Much depends on the kind of capitalism and the kind of democracy. Changes are possible. Much depends on agency, on collective actions, on politics and policies. They are not fully determined by the economic system, but can certainly influence it.
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Germany
Titolo del libro
Capitalism is not democratic and democracy not capitalistic
Sottotitolo del libro
Tensions and opportunities in historical perspective
Autori
Jürgen Kocka
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
52
Anno di pubblicazione
2016
Copyright
© 2016 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6655-899-6
ISBN Print
978-88-6655-898-9
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6655-899-6
eISBN (epub)
978-88-6655-900-9
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-300-8
Collana
Lectio Magistralis
ISSN della collana
2612-7725
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5935