Culture and Politics in the Age of Artificial Negativity
1978; Telos; Volume: 1978; Issue: 35 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3817/0378035055
ISSN1940-459X
Autores Tópico(s)Australian History and Society
ResumoAbstract The thesis of “artificial negativity,” as it has been tenatively outlined so far, asserts that the transition to full monopoly capitalism—that began seriously in the United States during the Great Depression—is now complete. After being briefly tested by the Progressives as they coped with the final crises of entrepreneurial capitalism after the 1890s, the one-dimensional logic of the transition emerged full-blown only with the advent of the New Deal. At this historical juncture, monopoly capital sought “to organize the entire society in its interest and image,” through new business marketing strategies and governmental regulations. Thus, the forms of labor, education, entertainment, health care, housing, leisure, transportation, and social welfare were increasingly “rationalized.”
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