An Introduction to Max Weber’s The Protestant Ethic - A Macat Sociology Analysis

Prof. Dr. Claudius Gräbner-Radkowitsch von der Europa-Universität Flensburg hat im Rahmen des Informationstreffens vor Beginn unserer am 26.10.2021 beginnenden Ringvorlesung "Wirtschaft für Alle! - Plurale Perspektiven für eine zukunftsfähige Ökonomie" einen Kurzvortrag gehalten, den wir dankenswerterweise veröffentlichen dürfen.

Degrowth, post-growth, well-being or steady-state economy? The goal is to rethink a new paradigm that puts society and the environment at the core. "Enough" instead of infinite growth.

Silvia Federici outlines the content of her book „Caliban and the Witch - Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation“. Departing from a critique of the Marxist blindspot on reproductive labour, Federici aims at researching the historical process by which the exploitation of women and the construction of the unproductive housewife has been established. Federici points to the transition from the feudal to the capitalist mode of production and explains how the gender specific prosecution (witch hunt) was linked to necessity of control over bodies and the sexuality in the great transformation. Federici also presents arguments why this research is highly relevant for the analysis of women's situation in current capitalism.

How did economic growth become paramount as the public policy objective? Peter Victor discusses the role of growth within institutions, asks if it is possible to imagine a degrowth economy and discusses the role of grass-root movements.