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Does Capitalism Have a Future?
by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins

Does Capitalism Have a Future?
by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins

Does Capitalism Have a Future?
by Craig J. Calhoun, Georgi Derluguian, Immanuel Wallerstein, Michael Mann, Randall Collins

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liens (en)

(noun, plural) a right given to another by the owner of property to secure a debt, or one created by law in favor of certain creditors

46

Loans, liens, equities, bonds, all these are relatively low levels of pyramiding

—p.46 The End of Middle-Class Work: No More Escapes (37) by Randall Collins
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Loans, liens, equities, bonds, all these are relatively low levels of pyramiding

—p.46 The End of Middle-Class Work: No More Escapes (37) by Randall Collins
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antitax movement (en)

a political movement to lower or eradicate taxation, especially for corporations

50

One is the antitax movement, likely to continue strongly among small businesses

—p.50 The End of Middle-Class Work: No More Escapes (37) by Randall Collins
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One is the antitax movement, likely to continue strongly among small businesses

—p.50 The End of Middle-Class Work: No More Escapes (37) by Randall Collins
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superego (en)

ethical component of the personality and provides the moral standards by which the ego operates (acc to Sigmund Freud)

53

the idealizing and repressing agent, the Superego of the educational world, is the prevailing technocratic ideology

—p.53 The End of Middle-Class Work: No More Escapes (37) by Randall Collins
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the idealizing and repressing agent, the Superego of the educational world, is the prevailing technocratic ideology

—p.53 The End of Middle-Class Work: No More Escapes (37) by Randall Collins
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antinomian (en)

(noun) one who rejects a socially established morality

53

both among the minority who belong to gangs and the majority who share their antinomian stance

—p.53 The End of Middle-Class Work: No More Escapes (37) by Randall Collins
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both among the minority who belong to gangs and the majority who share their antinomian stance

—p.53 The End of Middle-Class Work: No More Escapes (37) by Randall Collins
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political opportunity structure (en)

an approach of social movements heavily influenced by political sociology which argues that success or failure of social movements is primarily affected by political opportunities

58

It is in this power vacuum--what social movement theorists now call the political opportunity structure--that social movements are successfully mobilized.

—p.58 The End of Middle-Class Work: No More Escapes (37) by Randall Collins
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It is in this power vacuum--what social movement theorists now call the political opportunity structure--that social movements are successfully mobilized.

—p.58 The End of Middle-Class Work: No More Escapes (37) by Randall Collins
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value rationality (en)

defined by Max Weber in opposition to instrumental rationality: "determined by a conscious belief in the value for its own sake of some ethical, aesthetic, religious, or other form of behavior, independently of its prospects of success"

73

Sometimes they are driven not by instrumental rationality but by what Weber called value rationality, sacrificing personal calculative interest to an overall ideology.

—p.73 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (71) by Michael Mann
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Sometimes they are driven not by instrumental rationality but by what Weber called value rationality, sacrificing personal calculative interest to an overall ideology.

—p.73 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (71) by Michael Mann
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Hobbesian (en)

referring to the 17th century English author Thomas Hobbes, whose best-known work, Leviathan, describes a situation of unrestrained, selfish and uncivilized competition

74

Given his Hobbesian view of the human need for a single Sovereign, that bodes ill

—p.74 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (71) by Michael Mann
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Given his Hobbesian view of the human need for a single Sovereign, that bodes ill

—p.74 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (71) by Michael Mann
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liquidationism (en)

defined as "the pursuit of austerity measures in order to destroy inefficient firms, industries, investors, and workers" by Michael Mann

77

reached its ghastly climax in what was called "liquidationism"

—p.77 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (71) by Michael Mann
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reached its ghastly climax in what was called "liquidationism"

—p.77 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (71) by Michael Mann
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double-dip recession (en)

when GDP growth slides back to negative after a quarter or two of positive growth

78

the Roosevelt administration's overconfidence that recovery was underway led it to deflate in 1937, which produced a "double-dip" recession

—p.78 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (71) by Michael Mann
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the Roosevelt administration's overconfidence that recovery was underway led it to deflate in 1937, which produced a "double-dip" recession

—p.78 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (71) by Michael Mann
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anomie (en)

lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group, which lessens social cohesion and fosters decline; popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim in his influential book Suicide

84

America suffers from anomie, an absence of shared norms, as well as alienation--Durkheim as well as Marx

—p.84 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (71) by Michael Mann
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America suffers from anomie, an absence of shared norms, as well as alienation--Durkheim as well as Marx

—p.84 The End May Be Nigh, But For Whom? (71) by Michael Mann
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