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- Title
Neoliberal Capitalism and the Corruption of Society: A Pastoral Political Analysis.
- Authors
LaMothe, Ryan
- Abstract
In this article, I juxtapose religious and neoliberal capitalistic symbol systems to highlight the existential flaws in capitalism and how it undermines community and society. More particularly, I contend that religious (in this article, Judeo-Christian) and religiously inflected humanist symbol systems possess core values of care, community (space of appearances and the common good), and relational justice that ideally order social life, institutions, and subjectivity. I argue that these core values and practices, which are woven into the semiotic web of Judeo-Christian religions, are missing from the complex web of symbols and narratives that undergird neoliberal capitalism. I argue further that when neoliberal capitalism becomes a hegemonic way of organizing society, there is an attending corruption of social care, the common good, and relational justice.
- Subjects
CAPITALISM; PASTORAL psychology; GEMEINSCHAFT &; Gesellschaft (Sociology); CORRUPTION -- Social aspects; NEOLIBERALISM; SEMIOTICS
- Publication
Pastoral Psychology, 2016, Vol 65, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
0031-2789
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11089-013-0577-x