Institutional socialism and the sociological critique of communism (Introduction to Durkheim and Mauss)
Titel:
Institutional socialism and the sociological critique of communism (Introduction to Durkheim and Mauss)
Auteur:
Gane, Mike
Verschenen in:
Economy & society
Paginering:
Jaargang 13 (1984) nr. 3 pagina's 304-330
Jaar:
1984
Inhoud:
This eassay examines the relation of Durkheim and Mauses to socialism and communism. Durkheimian sociology can be regared as an elaborate attempt to prove the need for substantial reforms, particularly th need for corporative institution. Instituonal socialism, or liberal guild socialism, was Durkhem's conception of the means to resolve the crisis of European societies which had opened with the abolition of the guilds in the eighteenth centure. Durkheimian sociology is a sociopathology of this crisis, and views unrevised Marxism as a pathological phenomenon which aggravates the crisis. The gurantes in question here for the maintenance of the succession to the throne or for the power of the crown generally, for justice, public freedom, etc., are modes of securing these things by means of institutions … i,e. mutually conditioning moments, organically connected. (Hegel,1967, 188) Of course, it is not absolutely certain that what Durkheim, long before anyone else, called 'institutional socialism', is the necessary and sufficient form of all socialism. Even the Bolshevik failure by no means proves that one must necessarily wait until these groups are very strong and their possible and complete evolution has come to an end, in order to attempt a social reform. But at any rate, there is a serious danger in neglecting these institutions. (Mauss, 1924) What strikes one most is the pedantry of all our petty-bourgeious democrats … Apart from the fact that they are all extremely faint-hearted that when it comes to the minutest deviation from the German even the best of them fortify themselves with reservations … (Lenin, 1923)
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