ABSTRACT

The article critically discusses Rahel Jaeggi’s recent philosophical contribution to a critical theory of capitalism. The first part reconstructs Jaeggi’s account of Lebensform, life-form, that builds up the main ontological framework for addressing and problematizing capitalism intended not as an economic system but as a social whole. The second part focuses on the three different theoretical strategies that Jaeggi puts forward to detect and deal with capitalism’s immanent flaws. The third and last part problematizes the metaphysical assumptions and implications of Jaeggi’s understanding of life-form and outlines a more dialectical, or “transactional” notion of form of life, which is inspired by Dewey’s non-reductionist naturalist method of inquiry. The overall aim is to strengthen the philosophical critique of the capitalist form of life.

摘要

这篇文章批判性地讨论了 Rahel Jaeggi 最近对资本主义批判理论的哲学贡献。第一部分重构了 Jaeggi 对生命形式 Lebensform 的描述，它构建了主要的本体论框架，用于解决和问题化资本主义，而不是作为一个经济系统，而是作为一个社会整体。第二部分重点介绍 Jaeggi 提出的三种不同的理论策略，以发现和处理资本主义的内在缺陷。第三部分也是最后一部分问题化了 Jaeggi 对生命形式理解的形而上学假设和含义，并概述了一种更具辩证性或“交易性”的生命形式概念，其灵感来自于杜威的非还原论自然主义探究方法。总体目标是加强对资本主义生活方式的哲学批判。