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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789977103321

Autore

Micocci Andrea

Titolo

Moderation and revolution [[electronic resource] /] / Andrea Micocci

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-280-65928-9

9786613636218

0-7391-6719-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 p.)

Disciplina

330.12/2

Soggetti

Capitalism - Philosophy

Social conflict

Toleration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-367) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Fordword: For a New Perspective on Conflict; Acknowledgments to the International Edition; Acknowledgments to the Italian Edition; Chapter 1: Individual, State, Community; Chapter 2: Contradiction, Mediation, Opposition; Chapter 3: Capitalism, Politics, and Political Theories; Chapter 4: The Pretended Variety of Economic Ideas; Chapter 5: Classical Liberalism; Chapter 6: Economic Liberalism; Chapter 7: Utopian Socialism and Russian Nihilism; Chapter 8: Marx; Chapter 9: Marxisms: Leninism and Stalinism, Trotskyism; Chapter 10: Anarchism

Chapter 11: Revisions of Marxism: Fall of the Totalitarian Socialist RegimesChapter 12: Democratic Theories: Conservatism; Chapter 13: Christian Ideas of Social Reform; Chapter 14: Nationalism: Racism; Chapter 15: Imperialism: Theories of Underdevelopment; Chapter 16: Fascisms; Chapter 17: Communitarianism and Neoliberalism; Chapter 18: New Ideas or New Movements?; Chapter 19: Terrorism; Chapter 20: Moderation against Revolution: Tolerance; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the intellectuality of capitalism there are two alternative ways to conceive of reality: the moderate one, which mediates dialectically, and the revolutionary one, which also comprises ruptures with disappearance. The former conforms to, and helps shape, the



metaphysics of capitalism itself. The second is akin to the mode of progressing of nature in general, and forms the basis for materialism. Moderate positions tend to be intolerant because they do not recognize the other, which is constantly compelled to mediate. Revolutionary positions instead, recognizing the other, are tolerant and in