That Rosa Luxemburg’s refrain ‘socialism or barbarism’ is - TopicsExpress



          

That Rosa Luxemburg’s refrain ‘socialism or barbarism’ is considered an anachronism in spite of the above-mentioned empirical truths has as much to do with dominant intellectual and political trends since the 1980s as our collective hubris: many amongst us probably believe, in our heart of hearts, that science, technology and ‘rationality’ will ultimately help us transcend social and ecological constraints to further development. It is this ‘rationality’ that we claim distinguishes us from the ‘barbarian’ hordes that kill and maim innocents, impose their religious edicts and threaten to take us back into the stone ages. Yet our rationality also entails ignorance — conscious or otherwise — of the actually existing political economy of capitalist ‘civilisation’.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 16:30:15 +0000

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