Με τη σκέψη στο έργο του Πουλαντζά : για την ανάγκη ανασυγκρότησης μιας θεωρίας του καπιταλιστικού κράτους

Abstract

Poulantzas is not to be seen as the abstract theorist detached from every-day politics, as a dogmatist imposing a rigid schematization on recalcitrant political realities or as an easygoing reformist. He developed the idea of the relative autonomy of the capitalist state, objecting to widespread shallow instrumental conceptions in his time. The state itself is interpreted in terms of a system of shifting relations formed at the core of social conflict and transformation. By way of paying tribute to his memory the article shows the increasing relevance of his ideas in explicating the forms and role (regulative, ideological and coercive) of state powers in the era of economic globalization.