From Fordism to Post-Fordism

Beyond or Back to Alienation

Bibliographic Data

ID12643236
AuthorsEmmanuel Renault (0000-0002-9839-2318, Ecole Normale Supérieure (Lyon), corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume8
Issue2
Pages205-220
Publication date2007-02-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Horizons (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1440-9917 • E-ISSN: 1568-5160
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1558/crit.v8i2.205
OpenAlexW2142768524
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited13

The evidence today is practically uncontested: about thirty years ago we left Fordism behind and entered a new phase of capitalism. That the structures of the post-Fordist social order call for new modes of social critique is also a prevalent idea. The category of alienation continues, however, to be discredited. Nevertheless it is not clear that the categories of democracy (as apparatuses of non-domination), justice and the good life are capable of bringing about the political effects that may be expected today from the concept of alienation. For these reasons, not only the historical diagnostic that appears to have authorized jettisoning the problematic of alienation but also the model of critique used to replace it demand critical scrutiny

Alienation · Economics · Economy · Fordism · Political science · Sociology · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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