Communist Communautarianism

= to compare with Diego Fusaro's Cosmopolitan Communitarianism

Description

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"Communist communitarianism" (or "communist communitarianism") is a concept developed by Costanzo Preve, the Italian Marxist philosopher and mentor of Diego Fusaro. It represents Preve's attempt to refound communist politics after the collapse of "historical communism" (1917–1991) by grounding it in a philosophical anthropology centered on human social nature .

Characteristics

Philosophical Foundations:

Preve's communist communitarianism rests on several key premises:

• Marxism as German Idealism: Preve provocatively considered Marxism as the "last phase of German idealism," emphasizing its philosophical rather than merely economic dimensions .

• Four Masters of Marx: He traced Marx's thought to Epicurus (materialism and clinamen), Rousseau (egalitarian democracy), Adam Smith (labor as the source of property), and Hegel (dialectics) .

• Contingency over Teleology: Like Louis Althusser's later work on "random materialism," Preve insisted on the place of contingency in history, rejecting economism and orthodox Marxism's teleological philosophy of history .

Critique of Historical Communism:

Preve distinguished between:

Historical communism of the 20th century (1917–1991): A specific historical form that had collapsed and required theoretical refoundation, not organizational continuation .

The communist idea as such: A project requiring "anthropological refoundation" based on human nature's social and solidary character.

Preve's communist communitarianism centers on a conception of human beings as naturally social and solidary. His work L'eguale libertà (Equal Liberty) explored human nature as the foundation for a renewed communist politics, emphasizing that authentic freedom requires equality and community rather than liberal individualism .

Political Implications

Unlike Fusaro's more nationalist orientation, Preve's communist communitarianism was framed as:

• A "cosmopolitan communitarianism" that preserved universalist aspirations while rejecting abstract liberal cosmopolitanism

• A project for a new alliance between popular classes across national boundaries, but without Fusaro's emphasis on national sovereignty as a political solution

• A philosophical alternative to both neoliberalism and the "historical communism" of the Soviet tradition.