Within and Beyond Capitalism: A Twofold Transformation [Paperback]

This book argues for a twofold transformation to mitigate environmental catastrophe, avert war and overcome poverty and authoritarianism: a struggle for democratic, peace-oriented, social and ecological changes within the framework of a post-neoliberal, but still bourgeois-capitalist society, and a drive towards entry-level projects aimed at a great transformation beyond capitalism.

Calling for the embrace of core values and institutions aligned with solidarity as opposed to capitalism, it advances four guiding ideas for the pursuit of such a path: redistribution of life chances and power, socio-ecological restructuring, redesign of democratic institutions, and reversal from confrontation to peace through international cooperation and solidarity.

A presentation of the fundamental elements of a left strategy for socioecological transformation, this volume will appeal to scholars of social, political and economic theory with interests in post-capitalist futures.

1. The Twofold Transformation  The Challenge  2. Five Possible Futures  3. The Theoretical Foundations of a Twofold Transformation  4. The Outlines of a Twofold Transformation: A Modern Left-Wing Narrative  5. A Strategy of Perseverance  6. Positive Approaches for an Alternative Transformational Prospect  7. Eight Building Blocks of a Left-Wing Strategy on the Path Towards a Solidarity-Based Society

This book argues for a twofold transformation to mitigate environmental catastrophe, avert war and overcome poverty and authoritarianism: a struggle for democratic, peace-oriented, social and ecological changes within the framework of a post-neoliberal society, and a drive towards projects aimed at a transformation beyond capitalism.

Dieter Klein is a German social scientist and currently Senior Fellow at the Institute for Social AnlSú