Publisher's Synopsis
Communism is dead. But so is classical capitalism. Despite all the "we have won" propaganda heard today in the West, there is, Weiss maintains, a half-truth embodied in Marxism that must be salvaged. Marx wrongly opposed the market; but a rational market itself increasingly allocates educational benefits in accord with talent and need, and thus approaches the "socialist" ideal of a classless society. Today, Weiss believes, we face the real prospect of a synthesis of these two leviathan economic systems.;Weiss's multi-disciplinary study challenges the traditional opposition between "capitalism" and "communism". Offering a viewpoint that coincides neither with mainstream conservative nor with standard contemporary views on the political left, "The Specter of Capitalism", especially in its support of the role of privatised education in effecting a truly classless society, should be of interest to students and scholars engaged in political philosophy, social philosophy, Marxism, political economy, social theory, and the philosophy of education.
