Identity and economic plurality : rethinking capitalism and "capitalist hegemony'

J. K. Gibson-Graham

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Abstract

In the work of Chantal Mouffe, society is seen as structured by a hegemonic articulation, but one that is only temporarily fixed and always under subversion. Following Mouffe, in this paper the author pursues the implications of theorizing "the economy' as a hegemonic formation rather than as a fixed capitalist totality. What might it mean to understand "the economic' as a provisional articulation of capitalist and non-capitalist activities and relations? How might it open up the possibility of anti-capitalist and non-capitalist economic interventions? Encouraged by feminist attempts to produce a discourse of sexual difference that is not subsumed to a binary gender hierarchy, the author envisages a discourse of economic difference that could destabilize and problematize the presumption of capitalist hegemony.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)275-282
Number of pages8
JournalEnvironment and Planning D: Society and Space
Volume13
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1995

Keywords

  • Mouffe_Chantal
  • capitalism
  • hegemony
  • social theory

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