On the Interrelation of Production and Reproduction

Theoria ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (156) ◽  
pp. 52-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Smetona
Keyword(s):  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Capitalist Society ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Feminist Critique ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social

Contemporary social and political theorists generally recognise that Marx and Engels’ critical analysis of capitalist society centres on the production of value through the production of things. However, what is often unrecognised in considerations of Marx and Engels is how their analysis is based on the interrelation of production and reproduction. Nevertheless, the implications of this interrelation for feminist critique are explored in the writings of Marx and Engels only tangentially. These implications are developed from Marx’s analysis by Leopoldina Fortunati and Silvia Federici into a singular synthesis of the Marxist and feminist modes of critique. This development deserves greater recognition, and this essay will seek to articulate how the social implications of this interrelation (1) are expressed to a limited extent in the classical texts of Marxism and (2) are developed by Fortunati and Federici into the analytic framework of social reproduction as the core of Marxist-feminist revolutionary struggle.

scholarly journals The Social Implications of Metaphor in Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-116
Author(s):  
Alireza Farahbakhsh ◽  
Ramtin Ebrahimi
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Capitalist Society ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Capitalistic Society

The purpose of the present article is to study the social implications of repetitive metaphors in the film and of the word Parasite (2019) and to observe what makes the life of a lower-class family parasitic within a typical capitalistic society. In the mainstream discussion, the metaphorical functions of such words as ‘smell,’ ‘insects,’ ‘the rock,’ and ‘the party’ are assessed within the context of the film. The central questions of the article, therefore, are: What are the recurrent and metaphorical motifs in the plotline and how can their implications be related to the overall theme of the film? How does Parasite exhibit the clash of classes in a capitalist society? To answer the questions, the present study offers a comprehensive analysis of its recurring metaphors as well as its treatment of the characters who visibly belong to two completely different classes. Through a complex story of two families whose fate gets intermingled, Bong Joon-ho masterfully presents a metaphoric picture of a society where inequality is rampant and the poor can only experience temporary happiness in the shadow of the rich (represented by the Park family).

scholarly journals REFLEXÕES SOBRE A EDUCAÇÃO RURAL E DO CAMPO: AS LEIS, DIRETRIZES E BASES DO ENSINO NO E DO CAMPO NO BRASIL / Reflections on Rural and Field Education: the Laws, Policies and Educational Bases in and Field in Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Lânderson Antória Barros ◽  
Dione Dutra Lihtnov
Keyword(s):  
Rural Education ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Field Education ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Rural Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
De Se ◽  
History Of

A luta pela Educação do Campo tem sido uma constante ao longo da história do Brasil. Entretanto, ainda é necessário avançarmos no debate desta temática para que se alcance uma educação de qualidade direcionada a realidade do campo. A escola do campo possui um papel fundamental atuando como uma das principais formas de se manter os estudantes rurais no campo, promovendo a reprodução social desses sujeitos. Neste sentido, esse texto busca contribuir para o debate e dialogo sobre a construção da educação no e do campo a partir de uma análise crítica das leis, diretrizes e bases que constituem a educação do campo no território brasileiro.AbstractThe struggle for Rural Education Consolidation has been a constant throughout of the history of Brazil. However, it is still necessary to advance the discussion of this issue in order to reach a targeted quality education reality of the field. The Rural school has a key role acting as one of the main ways to keep rural students in the field by promoting the social reproduction of these subjects. In this sense, this text seeks to contribute to the debate and dialogue on the construction of education in the field and from a critical analysis of laws, guidelines and bases that make up the Rural Education in Brazil.Keywords:Rural Education; Rural Education; Teaching

Urban Design in Capitalist Society

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
R J King
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Social System ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Capitalist Society ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
System Degeneration ◽  
Fundamental Transformation ◽  
The Aesthetic

Urban design is concerned with the purposive production of urban meaning, through the coordinating design of conjunctures or relationships between spatial elements. It is argued that, in capitalist society, this production of meaning has typically supported shifts in capital accumulation, social reproduction, and legitimation in ways crucial to the reinforcing of dominant interests. Its effect has been to help counteract instability, system ‘degeneration’ (from the standpoint of such interests), and any fundamental transformation of the social system, This effect is termed ‘counteraction 1’. From considerations of urban design as production of values and as a body of practice, it is concluded that an urban design practice that is counteractive to dominant interests is, however, possible (‘counteraction 2’), Such a practice will be characterised by three ‘rules’, relating to the aesthetic program, the discursive penetration of the social context of urban design, and the breaking down of the present autonomisation and obfuscation of design as a domain of social interaction or discourse.

scholarly journals Algorithmic Logic in Digital Capitalism

2021 ◽  
pp. 203-222
Author(s):  
Jernej A. Prodnik
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Capitalist Society ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Social Form ◽  
Digital Capitalism ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Algorithmic Logic

This chapter details the key characteristics of algorithmic systems in their current hegemonic social form, which helps to shed a light on the reasons for their increasing social influence. These characteristics include: opacity/obfuscation, datafication, automation, and instrumental rationalisation. Because technologies are inevitably embedded in – and influenced by – the social context in which they develop, the author’s analysis considers these systems as a part of competitive and inherently unstable capitalist society, or to put it more narrowly, as a part of digital capitalism. This provides a critical analytic framework that points to the fact there is nothing ‘natural’ in these characteristics of algorithmic systems, while making it possible to delineate both the structural reasons for their development and their social consequences. On this basis it is claimed we can denote a specific algorithmic logic in digital capitalism that continuously reinforces itself.

The Rationality Framework for a Critical Study of Information Systems

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 215-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic ◽  
Marius Janson ◽  
Ann Brown
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
Organizational Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Organizational Consequences

This paper situates the social implications of information systems (IS) within the broader context of progressive rationalization in modern organizations. Specifically, it examines the roles IS play in the rationalization of organizational processes and its social implications. The paper proposes a rationality framework that synthesizes different approaches to reason and rationality and provides a conceptual model for critical analysis of social and organizational consequences of rationalization in organizations that are enabled and supported by IS. By drawing on a field study the paper interprets three IS cases in order to demonstrate how the rationality framework helps explain different IS-organization relationships in the light of increasing levels of rationality that entail both substantial benefits and considerable risks.

Problems, But Whose Problems: The Social Construction of Black Youth Unemployment and State Policies

1985 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 527-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Solomos
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Black Youth ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Core Concept ◽  
Effective Response ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social

ABSTRACTThe issue of black youth unemployment has become a central aspect of government race relations policies over the last few years, particularly in the aftermath of the 1981 street disturbances. This paper attempts to locate the various stages of response to this question, both at the level of ideology and of policy. It argues that although the policies pursued have been legitimized as helping young blacks, they have failed to mount an effective response to the employment crisis facing this group. In addition, it is argued that policies have tended to ignore the question of racism and to concentrate on the supposed cultural and personal handicaps which young blacks inherit from their cultural background. It concludes by questioning the ideology of equal opportunity, which is the core concept underlying government responses to racial discrimination, and argues for a more critical analysis of recent interventions premised on this notion.

scholarly journals Restorative Classrooms: Critical Peace Education in a Juvenile Detention Home

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Duckworth
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Community Analysis ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Juvenile Detention ◽  
Reflective Writing ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Peace Movements ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social

This article describes several of the more successful critical peace education methodologies and perspectives that I was able to bring to my classroom in a juvenile detention home. For example, reflective writing and community analysis of nonviolent peace movements formed the core of my curriculum, as did critical analysis of the social processes of stereotyping and dehumanization. As a result, numerous students grew in their ability to write, express empathy with others, identify bias and articulate critical analysis of their schools, among other political systems. This analysis will contribute to the growing body of work on the practice of critical peace education.

Nobody’s Wife: Affective Economies of Marriage in Emily Dickinson

2019 ◽  
pp. 114-156
Author(s):  
Christian P. Haines
Keyword(s):  
Queer Theory ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Emily Dickinson ◽  
Domestic Labor ◽  
Feminist Critique ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Domestic Life ◽  
Socialist Feminism ◽  
American Capitalism ◽  
The Social

This chapter examines Emily Dickinson’s poetry, especially her poems focusing on marriage, domestic life, and coupling. It argues that this poetry develops a feminist critique of the social reproduction of American capitalism, that is, it examines how housework, domestic labor, and other kinds of activities are integral to the reproduction of capitalism and the nation-state. The chapter focuses on how Dickinson’s critique of domesticity deals with affect, intimacy, and emotion, especially heteronormative love and bourgeois romance. Finally, it analyzes how Dickinson creates a utopian alternative to bourgeois, heteronormative romance in the form of queer marriage: a non-normative form of coupling based on equality, preference, tactility, pleasure, and contingent relationality. The chapter puts Dickinson into conversation with Marxism, feminism (especially socialist feminism), and queer theory.

The social implications of technology

1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
J.D. Radford ◽  
D.B. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Social Implications ◽  
The Social
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