Class domination in the era of post-capitalism: Part 2. Distribution of attention

Occupation: Senior research fellow
Affiliation: Institute of Philosophy and Law, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 8

Pages

136-146

Abstract

The article examines the prospects for the transformation of the class structure in the era of post-capitalism. The second part of the article deals with the internal antagonism of the post-capitalist class structure. For this, it is proposed to look at the economics of creativity as an expanding area of productive activity, where the laws of capitalist accumulation do not directly operate. Creativity as the creation of non-material goods (from artistic images to scientific theories) is considered the substantive basis of post-capitalism, and therefore is comprehended in a utopian way with an emphasis on freedom of self-realization. Nevertheless, the article substantiates that the “decline of capitalism” can lead to even greater socio-economic inequality (from the power of 1% to the power of 0.1%) and the corresponding tragedy of the impersonaliat as a class of “creative losers”.

Keywords

post-capitalism, the personaliat, social revolution, post-materialism, Marxism, class analysis, social stratification, class ideology, economics of creativity.

Received

22.04.2022

Publication date

26.09.2022

Number of characters

35303

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GOST	Davydov D. Class domination in the era of post-capitalism: Part 2. Distribution of attention // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2022. – Issue 8 C. 136-146 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250019871-1-1-en (circulation date: 29.04.2025). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250019871-1
MLA	Davydov, Dmitriy "Class domination in the era of post-capitalism: Part 2. Distribution of attention." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 8 (2022):136-146. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250019871-1
APA	Davydov D. (2022). Class domination in the era of post-capitalism: Part 2. Distribution of attention. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (8), pp.136-146 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250019871-1

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