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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «POLITOLOGIYA. RELIGIOVEDENIE»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «POLITICAL SCIENCE AND RELIGION STUDIES»
ISSN 2073-3380 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2022. Vol 39

The Ideological Component of the Capitalist Order: Neo-Marxist Hypothesizing in the Theory of Complexity

Author(s)
V. S. Mikhailouvki
Abstract
The political theory of neo-Marxist theory of complexity is a new original direction in the development of the neo-Marxist research program. In the view of the theory of complexity, the article considers the scientific issue of the “vicious circle” of the neo-Marxist approach to ideology. Neo-Marxists agreed that a capitalist ideology permeates entire social space and thereby keeps its sustainable reproduction in favor of a ruling class. There was no consensus, however, about the essence (content) of a capitalist ideology. The article aims at a scientific search for the main ideology of capitalism outside the context of the total ideological nature of the capitalist order. The synergetic deconstruction of the neo-Marxist theory of ideology assumed the replacement of a meaningful invariant with its antipode: the principle of system stability with the principle of system instability. Based on the synergetic approach, capitalism is stable due to unstable development, but only within the framework of the attractor of functioning. The theory has revealed that the ideology of “life improvement” is an attractor of the capitalist system. The concept of “capitalist ideological minimalism” has been proposed in the following formulation. The ideology of “life improvement” is at the heart of the functioning of modern capitalism as a historically continuing order for those dissatisfied with capitalism, its practical implementation is vital for the stability of a capitalist system, since the closest, and therefore the most likely option for resolving discontent with capitalism is a state of “being contented with it”.
About the Authors
Mikhailovski Vadim Sergeevich, Candidate of Sciences (Political Science), Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Belarusian State University, 4, Nezavisimost’ av., Minsk, 220030, Republic of Belarus, e-mail: Mikhailouskivs@bsu.by
For citation
Mikhailouvki V. S. The Ideological Component of the Capitalist Order: Neo-Marxist Hypothesizing in the Theory of Complexity. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2022, vol. 39, pp. 84-91. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2022.39.84 (in Russian)
Keywords
bourgeoisie, neo-Marxism, theory of complexity, ideology, capitalism, proletariat.
UDC
32.01+141.82
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2022.39.84
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