Re: [PEN-L] anti-capitalism as commodity

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/04/05 8:57 AM At the end of the book, when Heath and Potter propose that capitalism be tamed by small, workable proposals and collective action by governments rather than trendy protests, it as if they have forgotten the whole history of postwar European social democracy.

Re: [PEN-L] anti-capitalism as commodity

And so they have failed to spot something important: that the counterculture of the 60s and its successors have simply been examples of prosperous westerners seeking social distinctiveness, as Veblen predicted. From hippies to punks, from organic farmers to ravers, rebellious subcultures are

Re: [PEN-L] anti-capitalism as commodity

Daniel Davies wrote: And so they have failed to spot something important: that the counterculture of the 60s and its successors have simply been examples of prosperous westerners seeking social distinctiveness, as Veblen predicted. From hippies to punks, from organic farmers to ravers,

[PEN-L] anti-capitalism as commodity

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/books/story/0,10595,1498527,00.html Branded for life Is the anti-capitalist movement part of the solution or part of the problem? Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter make the case for the prosecution in their thought-provoking The Rebel Sell, says Andy Beckett