Vergessene Potenziale assoziativen Lebens: Pluralismus, Funktionalismus, und Freiheit in der Vorstellung von G.D.H. Cole und H.J. Laski

Christiane Mossin

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Abstract

The article provides a critical analysis of the pluralist socialist visions of G.D.H. Cole and H.J. Laski, developed during and after World War I. Both thinkers sought liberation from the social consequences of capitalism through democratization of civil society. Whereas Cole’s pluralism found expression in the vision of a stateless federative system of complementary associations, Laski formulated a functional theory of rights based on the idea of the state as the overall coordinator of civil society. They both celebrated the individual as infinitely creative and irreducible to the associations to which it belongs. The article focuses on the relationship between functionalism and freedom in their works and argues that even if both aspects are brilliantly developed, an unresolvable tension remains.

Translated title of the contributionForeningslivets glemte potentialer: Pluralisme, funktionalisme og frihed hos G.D.H. Cole og H.J. Laski
Original languageGerman
JournalForschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen
Volume29
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)181-190
Number of pages10
ISSN2192-4848
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2016

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