Zaupanje: odprtost kot zdravilo in kot strup

Abstract

Max Weber je opredelil "duh kapitalizma" kot "tostransko askezo". Bistvo te askeze je sposobnost posameznika, da se v pričakovanju prihodnjega profita odpove sedanjim užitkom. Toda posameznikovo pričakovanje profita je seveda smiselno šele ob predpostavki, da se bodo tudi drugi posamezniki obnašali v skladu s pričakovanji, plačevali dolgove, držali obljube in podobno. Ta socialna dimenzija "duha kapitalizma" ostaja pri Webru v ozadju, čeprav jo srečamo že pri Albertiju, v renesančnih Firencah, c(lo stoletje pred nastopom protestantizma, ki naj bi bil po Webru vir "duha kapitalizma". Pomen te dimenzije postaja očiten prav danes, po razpadu komunističnih sistemov. Tako v Rusiji razpad komunizma in odprtost proti Zahodu nista rešila ekonomske krize, temveč sta jo celo še zaostrila. Ta paradoks si lahko razlagamo prav z erozijo socialnega kapitala, ki jo je povzročilo stoletje komunističnega totalitarizma. V Sloveniji so posledice odpiranja proti Zahodu v splošnem sicer diametralno obratne, vendar imamo tukaj opravka z nasprotujočimi si procesi, ki so podrobneje opisani v pričujočem tekstu. Značilno pa je tudi, da se pojavlja dandanes erozija socialnega kapitala celo v samem središču svetovnega kapitalizma - v ZDA. Ta problem je še tem bolj zaskrbljujoč spričo izzivov globalizacije. Sodobni svet potrebuje zato novo etiko, ki nadaljuje in nadgrajuje etiko "duha kapitalizma".

Keywords

Zaupanje;Etika;Človekove pravice;Kapitalizem;Slovenija;

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Language:	Slovenian
Year of publishing:	2004
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
UDC:	32
COBISS:	23021917
ISSN:	0040-3598
Views:	847
Downloads:	175
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Secondary language:	English
Secondary abstract:	Max Weber defined the "spirit of capitalism" as a "temporal asceticism". The point of this asceticism is ability of individual to renounce current pleasures in expectation of the future profit. However, the individual's expectation of profit is reasonable only with the presumption that everybody else will behave in accordance with expectations, paying debts, keeping their promises and the similar. This social dimension is in the background of Weber's work, although it can be found already in Alberti's work, in the renaissance Florence, the whole century before the rise of Protestantism, which was according to Weber the source of the "spirit of capitalism". The meaning of social dimension is becoming obvious just today after the fall of communist systems. In Russia for example, the fall of communism and openness to theWest have not solved economic crisis, on the contrary, it became even worse. This paradox can be explained with the erosion of social capital caused by a century of communist totalitarianism. The consequences of opening to the West are in Slovenia diametrically reverse, however we deal here with the contradictory processes, which are described in greater detail in the present article. However, the erosion of social capital is going on also in the centre of the world capitalism - in the USA. This question is even more problematic taking into account the challenges of globalisation. Contemporary world thus needs new ethics, which continue and surmounts the ethics of the "spirit of capitalism".
Secondary keywords:	Trust;Ethics;Human rights;Capitalism;Slovenia;
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Pages:	Str. 377-386, 474
Keywords (UDC):	social sciences;družbene vede;politics;politika;politične vede;
ID:	37968