Discuss Naomi Klein’s Research On Capitalism Critical Theory

Naomi Klein,born in Montreal,Canada in 1970,is a representative of the North American left.She is a journalist,best-selling author,social activist,anti-globalization activist,and film producer.As a new left-wing force,Klein insisted on the critical tradition of Marxism,deeply criticized the shortcomings of contemporary capitalism,and actively explored the new development path of the world.After reviewing the current crisis and turbulence of capitalism,she thoroughly condemned the overflow of neoliberal policies and reconsidered the relationship between the state and the market in the era of globalization.These criticisms of the crisis of capitalism triggered people’s thinking on new development paths and strategies.The first chapter clarifies the historical background and theoretical origin of the formation of Naomi Klein’s capitalism theory.Now,the depth and influence of globalization constitute Klein’s problem consciousness.Klein mainly draws theoretical thoughts from Marxist theory and neoliberal critical theory,and makes realistic reflection from the current world development situation.In this research process,he preliminatively understands and holds the capitalist theory elaborated by Klein to establish the theoretical basis.The second chapter focuses on sorting out and elaborating the basic content of Klein’s capitalism theory.She puts forward the concept of disaster capitalism by analyzing the disadvantages of capitalism and criticizes the consumption mode of capitalism.As a representative of the North American leftist movement,Klein criticizes capitalism with his own unique perspective and views.The third chapter focuses on the research perspective of Naomi Klein’s critical theory of capitalism,paying more attention to the economic exploitation,political oppression,cultural aggression and so on in the reality of capitalist society.The research perspective and critical purport of her critical theory of capitalism mainly focus on the realistic problems of capitalism.It mainly includes the criticism of disaster capitalism,the criticism of capitalist consumption view and the criticism of capitalist ecological crisis.The fourth chapter dialectically analyzes the positivity and negativity of Klein’s thought and its practical significance.From the theoretical point of view,Klein’s critical theory of capitalism analyzes various problems and contradictions in capitalist society,which has very important theoretical value and practical significance and enriches the current western critical theory of capitalism.However,the implementation of some measures of Klein is too idealistic,there are certain deficiencies,and his thoughts need to be further improved.