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EPISODE · Jan 5, 2025

Nancy Fraser on Alternatives to Capitalism

from Future Histories International · host Jan Groos

Nancy Fraser discusses her understanding of capitalism as an integrated social order and explores its implications for envisioning a desirable postcapitalism. ---If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information websitehttps://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1 Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press.https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/Democratic Planning Forum:https://forum.democratic-planning.com/--- ShownotesRemarque Institutehttps://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/remarque.htmlNancy Fraser at The New School for Social Research:https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty/nancy-fraser/Fraser, N. (2023). Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet and What We Can Do About It. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2685-cannibal-capitalism?srsltid=AfmBOopHZ8reXaCDUToeZsbdoTqnXb-wbejQdYin2J_bsa9tAu36oQCQIvkovic, M., & Zaric, Z. (2024). Nancy Fraser and Politics. Edinburgh University Press.https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-nancy-fraser-and-politics.htmlFraser, N., & Jaeggi, R. (2023). Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2867-capitalismFraser, N. (2022) Benjamin Lecture 3 – Class beyond Class (Video)https://youtu.be/jf6laSf6Eko?si=iWL-Za4pPPwF0xvbon social differentiation as discussed in sociology:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiation_(sociology)Rodney, W. (2018). How Europe underdeveloped Africa. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/788-how-europe-underdeveloped-africa?srsltid=AfmBOoqKZ6g4j8UpPJD6qC5yEmKuP0h6sFTvcEX5qjBF7CtPSzedUtcPon Marx’s account of surplus value:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surplus_valueRobaszkiewicz, M. & Weinman, M. (2023) Hannah Arendt and Politics. Edinburgh University Press.https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hannah-arendt-and-politics.htmlVančura, M. (2011) Polanyi’s Great Transformation and the concept of the embedded economoy. IES Occasional Paper No. 2/2011https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/83289/1/668400315.pdfElson, D. (2015). Value: The Representation of Labour in Capitalism. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/159-value?srsltid=AfmBOooSko5DiXwMNN2NjSay4BP4n9cM-4y53r7G90VPbvE6itl5rxKTRobertson, J. (2017) The Life and Death of Yugoslav Socialism. Jacobin.https://jacobin.com/2017/07/yugoslav-socialism-tito-self-management-serbia-balkansMoore, J. W. (2015). Capitalism in the web of life: Ecology and the accumulation of capital. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/74-capitalism-in-the-web-of-lifePatel, R., & Moore, J. W. (2018). A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/817-a-history-of-the-world-in-seven-cheap-things?srsltid=AfmBOoqMnr0nAUfdHOxlQPTXsnGfQtMkDKgFtJsMQ3mtk7Jcyd3WjqkoBrand, U., & Wissen, M. (2021). The Imperial Mode of Living: Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/916-the-imperial-mode-of-living?srsltid=AfmBOopUs15MsSgvJ7TRVfwmo330sHvjQIAST_UymD-90i3VIfCw6vg8Bates, T. R. (1975) Gramsci and the Theory of Hegemony. Journal of the History of Ideas Vol. 36 No. 2.https://www.jstor.org/stable/2708933Bois, W. E. B. Du. (1935). Black Reconstruction. An Essay toward a History of the Part which Black Folk played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880. Harcourt, Brace and Company.https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/w-e-b-du-bois-black-reconstruction-an-essay-toward-a-history-of-the-part-which-black-folk-played-in-the-attempt-to-reconstruct-democracy-2.pdfTrotsky, L. (1938) The Transitional Program. Bulletin of the Opposition.https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1938/tp/Morris, W. (1890) News from Nowhere. Commonweal.https://www.marxists.org/archive/morris/works/1890/nowhere/nowhere.htmHayek, F. A. von. (1945). The Use of Knowledge in Society. The American Economic Review, 35(4).https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/hayek-use-knowledge-society.pdfSchliesser, E. (2020) On Foucault on 17 January 1979 On the Market’s Role (as site) of Veridiction (III) Digressions & Impressions Blog.https://digressionsnimpressions.typepad.com/digressionsimpressions/2020/06/on-foucault-on-17-january-1979-on-the-markets-role-as-site-of-veridiction-iii.htmlFoucault, M. (2008). The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the Collège De France, 1978-1979. Palgrave Macmillan.https://1000littlehammers.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/birth_of_biopolitics.pdfMarx, K. (1973) Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. Penguin.https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/grundrisse.pdfon Bernard Mandeville and “Private Vice, Public Virtue”:https://iep.utm.edu/mandevil/Kaufmann, F. (1959) John Dewey’s Theory of Inquiry. The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 56, No. 21.https://www.jstor.org/stable/2022592on Habermas:https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/habermas/on “Neurath’s boat”:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurath%27s_boat Future Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS03E24 | Grace Blakeley on Capitalist Planning and its Alternativeshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e24-grace-blakeley-on-capitalist-planning-and-its-alternatives/S03E19 | Wendy Brown on Socialist Governmentalityhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e19-wendy-brown-on-socialist-governmentality/S03E04 | Tim Platenkamp on Republican Socialism, General Planning and Parametric Controlhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e04-tim-platenkamp-on-republican-socialism-general-planning-and-parametric-control/S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/S03E02 | George Monbiot on Public Luxuryhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e02-george-monbiot-on-public-luxury/S02E51 | Silvia Federici on Progress, Reproduction and Commoninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e51-silvia-federici-on-progress-reproduction-and-commoning/S02E33 | Pat Devine on Negotiated Coordinationhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e33-pat-devine-on-negotiated-coordination/S03E23 | Andreas Malm on Overshooting into Climate Breakdownhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e23-andreas-malm-on-overshooting-into-climate-breakdown/ Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: [email protected]: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage:https://futurehistories-international.comEpisode Keywords#NancyFraser, #JanGroos, #Podcast, #Socialism, #PostCapitalism, #Capitalism, #MarketPower, #Markets, #EconomicDemocracy, #PatDevine, #WorkingClass, #WelfareState, #CriticalTheory, #Markets, #Veridiction, #Foucault, #Governmentality, #Care, #CareWork, #Labour, #Labor, #Race, #Imperialism, #DemocraticPlanning, #EconomicPlanning, #SocialReproduction, #PostcapitalistReproduction, #Ecology, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #Boundaries, #CannibalCapitalism, #Socialism 

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