El socialismo del siglo XXI y los límites de las útopias en la racionalidad y la motivación humanas.
The author critiques the political project known as “21st century socialism”, developed by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, from a Liberal perspective of moral pluralism (which should not be confused with neoliberalism). In opposition to such liberal ideas, totalizing utopias, such as Chavez’s soci...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de los Andes
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Colombia Internacional |
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| Online Access: | http://colombiainternacional.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/270/1.php |
| Summary: | The author critiques the political project known as “21st century socialism”, developed by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, from a Liberal perspective of moral pluralism (which should not be confused with neoliberalism). In opposition to such liberal ideas, totalizing utopias, such as Chavez’s socialism, do not acknowledge the nature of critical rationality, and therefore end up imposing on society as a whole a substantive idea of the good life that does not recognize individual autonomy and moral pluralism. |
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| ISSN: | 0121-5612 1960-6004 |