Capitalism’s structure still rests on the public-private separation

Evidence

The societal basis for the legal and political differentiation of the public sphere from the private sphere of economic, civil society and familial activity has not undergone any structural change during the period under consideration; for the capitalist economic system is itself based on this separation. — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 44

Categorization

• XREF: Grounds the essay in the 1962 classic’s base-superstructure framing; the shift here is that perception changes without structural change — a crucial revision worth contrasting with the earlier materialist account. — connects to: Colonial capitalism produces the same public-private split it creates in the First World — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 170; Capitalism structurally requires negative liberty and rejects positive liberty — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 299; Civil society is embedded in the private-public lordship tension — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 217 (+2 more)

Related

• Colonial formations internalize capitalism’s private-public split rather than escape it (similarity 0.85)
• Civil society is embedded in the private-public lordship tension (similarity 0.84)
• Colonial capitalism produces the same public-private split it creates in the First World (similarity 0.82)
• The public-private law split originated in classical Roman law (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Colonial capitalism produces the same public-private split it creates in the First World #exemplifies (0.80) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 170
• Capitalism structurally requires negative liberty and rejects positive liberty #expands (0.75) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 299
• Civil society is embedded in the private-public lordship tension #complicates (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 217