Paradoxes of Capitalism

Hartmann, Martin; Honneth, Axel

doi:10.1111/j.1351-0487.2006.00439.x

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“…Exploring how unemployed people are governed in a neoliberal era, Fryer and Stampe (2014) note that the privatization and stigmatization of the condition of being unemployed governs not only unemployed people, but in fact the entire population, echoing the key characteristics of biopolitics (Foucault 2008). Representing unemployment as socially undesirable is an active part of valorising work, productivity and self-sufficiency in contemporary societies in which work is intimately connected with identity (Foucault, 2008;Hartmann and Honneth, 2006). Interestingly, Mascini, Achterberg, and Houtman (2013) found that unemployed people tend to view risks such as being poor, unemployed or homeless, in individualized terms, blaming individuals for being in that situation.…”

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“…To the unemployed person this insecurity demands a flexibility and mobility in terms of geography, salary and profession and these abilities are idealised in today's labour markets (Hartmann and Honneth, 2006;Mendenhall et al, 2008). In order to explore flexibility and its link to subjective well-being we investigate whether younger and older people become more flexible in terms of their job search and we look into how flexibility is associated with well-being.…”

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Unemployment and Subjective Well-being: Comparing Younger and Older Job Seekers

Pultz

Teasdale

2017

Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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We examine the link between unemployment and subjective well-being by introducing historically sensitive variables related to neoliberal ideology and policies such as measures of self-blame, shame, work ethic and flexibility. Drawing on a survey study we find that young job seekers (N = 357) have a significantly lower self-reported subjective well-being than employed persons of the same age (N = 183). Young and older unemployed people (N = 52) report the same level of subjective well-being; however, older unemployed people score significantly higher on clinical measures of depression, anxiety and stress. In contrast, younger job seekers score significantly higher on measures relating to the neoliberal development. We identify a minority of people who do not perceive themselves as unemployed even though they formally are, and drawing on governmentality studies we infer them to be entrepreneurs. We highlight the need to recognize heterogeneity and historical sensitivity when addressing the complex relationship between subjective well-being and unemployment. The implications of this empirical study are that different groups might benefit from different interventions and that policy makers should take this into consideration.

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Unemployment and Subjective Well-being: Comparing Younger and Older Job Seekers

Pultz

Teasdale

2017

Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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“…However, a demise of state-regulated capitalism began in the 1980s, and continues until the present, as a ''neo-liberal revolution'' with three characteristics: disorganized capitalism (characterized by globalizing firms, internationalization of finance flows, fading of class-cultural ties and weakening welfare state rules and safeguards); shareholder capitalism (leading to shareholderoriented management to the detriment of interests of other stakeholders in firms) and the new spirit of flexible network capitalism (requiring employees to invest their personal abilities, motivations and emotional resources in their work, instead of fulfilling hierarchically predetermined jobs within large organizations). This neo-liberal capitalism has led to a reversal of these four institutionalized normative expectations into normative paradoxes (Hartmann and Honneth 2006;Honneth 2004bHonneth , 2010bJohnson 2014). Reminiscent of Horkheimer's (1941) exhortation to look at ''pervasive discrepancies'' between espoused values and actual activities of social agencies, the normative paradoxes point at such discrepancies in current organizations and society.…”

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Pragmatism, Critical Theory and Business Ethics: Converging Lines

Visser

2017

J Bus Ethics

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“…Hence the campaigns are all framed within a discourse of personal agency and the perception of the individual as an enterprise capable of self-realization, which is seen as a governing principle of neoliberalism (Foucault 2008(Foucault , 1991Hartmann and Honneth 2006;McNay 2009). The role models thus also participate in producing a discourse implying that skin color, culture, religion, social background, etc.…”

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Poster Children of Integration and the Question of Being a “Good Danish Muslim”

Pedersen¹

2017

TIFO

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This article explores the intersection of subjectivity construction among Muslim youth with Danish welfare state governmentality. More specifically, it looks at campaigns in which successful professionals and students of non-Western descent, primarily Muslims, are used strategically as role models to target ethnic minorities in general, and Muslims in particular. By communicating their life stories, the role models become real life examples of successful integration meant to inspire others to follow their path. Thus the campaigns are a part of the prevalent discourse that views minorities (i.e. non-Danish and non-Christian) as particularly problematic to integrate and therefore needing special attention for becoming “compatible” with the values of the Danish welfare state. Taking its departure in these campaigns and applying a governmentality-inspired approach, this paper seeks to investigate normative state-prescribed forms of being a “good Danish Muslim.” It analyses how this image is being constructed and negotiated in a matrix combining welfare state policies and individual self-interpretation.Denne artikel undersøger krydsfeltet mellem subjektivitetskonstruktion blandt unge muslimer og den danske velfærdsstats governmentalitet. Mere specifikt ser artiklen på kampagner, hvor unge studerende og erhvervsaktive med anden etnisk baggrund end dansk, primært muslimer, bruges strategisk som rollemodeller for etniske minoriteter generelt og muslimer i særdeleshed. Ved at fortælle egne livshistorier bliver rollemodellerne levende eksempler på succesfuld integration til inspiration for andre. Således er kampagnerne del af en eksisterende diskurs, inden for hvilken minoriteter (altså ikke-danske og ikke-kristne) anses for at være særligt vanskelige at integrere og dermed en gruppe, der kalder på en særlig indsats for at blive “kompatible” med den danske velfærdsstats værdier. Med afsæt i disse kampagner og en governmentalitetsinspireret analyse undersøger denne artikel sta tens normative bud på, hvordan man kan være “en god dansk muslim”. Analysen viser, hvorledes denne forestilling konstrueres og forhandles i et felt, der forbinder velfærdsstatens forskrifter og individers selvfortolkning.

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Paradoxes of Capitalism

Cited by 351 publications

References 8 publications

Unemployment and Subjective Well-being: Comparing Younger and Older Job Seekers

Unemployment and Subjective Well-being: Comparing Younger and Older Job Seekers

Pragmatism, Critical Theory and Business Ethics: Converging Lines

Poster Children of Integration and the Question of Being a “Good Danish Muslim”

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