Conceptualizing the Nexus between Econocentric Capitalism and Logocentric Radicalism

Conceptualizing the Nexus between Econocentric

Capitalism and Logocentric Radicalism

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【期刊名称】《经济与政治研究：英文版》 【年(卷),期】2015(000)001

【摘要】The article intends to contribute a framework of understanding the dual rise of econocentric fundamentalism(referring to market capitalism)and logocentric radicalism(referring to counterhegemonic political

forces)as

a

process

of

mutual

generation

and

destruction.\generation and destruction\a dialectical process in which the deification of the free market and the global expansion of market capitalism have unavoidably generated destructive contradictions

leading

to

the

resurgence

of

logo-centric

counterhegemonic socio-political forces.It is the analysis of this nexus that leads to a better understanding of the essence of worldwide religious/political radicalisms rather than their appearance.Islamic fundamentalism,for example,and other forms of political radicalism can be seen as a part of counter-hegemonic political movements representing

an

outlet

for

action

and

a

force

for

change.Paradoxically,what we are witnessing today is a confrontation between two types of fundamentalist forces:econocentrism vis-à-vis logocentrism.