Beyond Communism and Capitalism?

["Chris, London" <100423.2040@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug:
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Now that we're back into the market socialism debate, I'll ask again as I
did before - what choice do we have?

<snip>

Market socialism may not be one's idea of utopia, but it's the only
politically conceivable option for the next, oh, two centuries.


Chris B:
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This seems to be a good moment to quote from Chris Sciabarra's challenging
new book, which I have finally got, but not finished yet. [Unfortunately
this list does not stop, Chris.] Anyway.

>From Marx, Hayek and Utopia., SUNY Press 1995  page 2
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"Both the Marxian and the Hayekian perspectives agree that utopianism:

1. fails to take into account the social and historical context of the
society that exists;

2. fails to recognize the internal relationship between the theorist and
his or her sociohistorical setting;

3. reifies human rationality as a capacity abstracted from social and
historical specificity;

4. depends on constructivist rationalism to bridge the gap between
conscious human purposes and unintended social consequences; and

5. fails to appreciate the complexity of social action that is constituted
by both articulated and tacit elements.


Chris *B*
London


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