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SCENARIOS OF CAPITALISM IN POSTMODERN SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES (Z.BAUMAN, A.GIDDENS, R.SENNETT)
Małgorzata MOLĘDA-ZDZIECH1
Futures – Visions, Interpretations and Narratives
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1-2 (76-77) 2013, Publication date: 31 May 2013
Abstract The author compares the theoretical approaches to capitalism proposed by some principal researchers of postmodernity: Zygmunt Bauman, Anthony Giddens, Ulrich Beck and Scott Lash. In this context the author presents the concept of a “new culture of capitalism” invented by Richard Sennett. The “New culture of capitalism” started after the industrial capitalism, connecting the military Bismarckian model and Weberian model of bureacracy. In search of an answer regarding the future of capitalism, the author presents a pessimistic concept proposed by A. Giddens, Z. Bauman as well as Richard Florida’s positive scenario.
Instytut Studiów Międzynarodowych, Kolegium Ekonomiczno-Społeczne, Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
E-mail: mmoled@sgh.waw.pl