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A libertarian socialist response to the big society
Frère, Bruno; Reinecke, Juliane
2011In Dialogues in critical management studies
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Keywords :
third sector libertarian socialism; social economy political history; critical sociology; tiers secteur socialisme libertaire; économie sociale histoire politique; sociologie critique
Abstract :
[en] Purpose
 Our aim is to deconstruct the idea of a “Big Society” such the one that has been suggested by Mr. D. Cameron. We want to show how this “BS” is inspired by the usual “right” libertarian philosophy. Instead of this, we suggest to support the idea of a solidarity economy (SE), much more embedded in the tradition of the libertarian socialism. methodology Following Boltanski and Thévenot, we selected key philosophical texts to identify the ‘pure’ principles of this libertarian socialism which guide justificatory operations that people perform in their everyday discourse. We analyzed the works written by the libertarian founder of the 19th mutualist movement, Proudhon. His writings luminously articulate the pure formulation of the four main principles which activists of SE continue to allude to in their justifications. Then, we illustrate these key principles by drawing on a larger research project on the SE in France. Findings
 We try to show that an alternative to the capitalism existes beside the communism : the socialist libertarianism. This chapter finds that this left libertarianism is not a new utopie. It is rooted in the long (but marginal) history of the SE, borned in the 19th century. Originality Specialists use to think that an economy managed from the left with some libertarian political principles has never been experienced for itself. We seek to illustrate what this may look like in the existing SE. Developing SE implies a reversal of the political programme of the “BS “: redistribute economic power not only from the state, but also from company directors and their shareholders, who, within the right libertarian point of view, can legitimately praise their ‘charitable’ donations to social organizations initiatives to demonstrate their generosity.
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Frère, Bruno ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut des sciences humaines et sociales > Sociologie des identités contemporaines
Reinecke, Juliane
Language :
English
Title :
A libertarian socialist response to the big society
Alternative titles :
[fr] Une réponse socialiste libertaire à la "big society"
Publication date :
2011
Main work title :
Dialogues in critical management studies
Main work alternative title :
[en] Dialogues en études critiques du management
Publisher :
Emerald, London, United Kingdom
Pages :
117-127
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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