A teoria da regulação e o novo estado social de Alain Lipietz – é possível manter o parco espaço de humanização sob o capitalismo global?

Abstract

This paper develops a critique of Alain Lipietz work upon his book "Towards a new Economic Order. His ideas are understood as a deep and comprehensive study about the social crisis of the late thirty years. The contribution of Lipietz is shown in its importance for the analysis of the embedness of the social and political crisis in its links with the economic structure, organized under Regulation Pacts (MSR). Lipietz is considered a major social scientist in the area of historical materialism. On the other hand, the article exposes some considerations on the limits of Lipietz's work, mainly his misuse of the categories ot totality and contradiction, the Eurocentric character of his thought, and the voluntary manner of the suggestion of the new social-democratic State. Finally, the paper considers the hole of education in the constitution of social revolutionary movements.