Kontrkulturowe widma prze(-y-)szłości a nowy duch kapitalizmu

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ID21985653
AuthorsBłażej Skałecki (0000-0003-0493-5447, University of Warsaw, corresponding author)
Year2025
Issue2(27)
Pages43-67
Publication date2025-12-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStan Rzeczy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2083-3059 • E-ISSN: 2450-7504
PublisherUniversity of Warsaw (PUBLISHER • PL)
DOI10.51196/srz.27.3
OpenAlexW7116990177
LanguageEN
References cited18

This article compares two conceptualizations of “ghosts” emerging from the counterculture of the late 1960s and early 1970s: one found in Luc Boltanski and Ève Chiapello’s The New Spirit of Capitalism, and the other in Mark Fisher’s Acid Communism, situated within the broader context of his work. Particular attention is devoted to how both interpretations are positioned in relation to the assumptions and discursive rules derived from Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Following in Weber’s footsteps, Boltanski and Chiapello trace the roots of contemporary work culture. Fisher, by contrast, searches for potential sources of a postcapitalist order grounded in the principle of freedom from work. These concepts attribute significant agency to the historical counterculture – not only in the symbolic realm, but also within political and economic spheres. However, authors take opposing stances on whether the transformation initiated by the counterculture has already taken place, or is still yet to come

Counterculture · Politics · Protestant work ethic · Protestantism · Situated · Contemporary Social and Economic Issues · Education and Cultural Studies · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition

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