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An Anarchist’s Wetherspoons or Virtuous Resistance? Social Centres as MacIntyre’s Vision of Practice-based Communities. / Finchett-Maddock, Lucy.
In: Philosophy of Management, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2008, p. 21-31.

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T1 - An Anarchist’s Wetherspoons or Virtuous Resistance? Social Centres as MacIntyre’s Vision of Practice-based Communities

AU - Finchett-Maddock, Lucy

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - This paper uses narrative from the social centre movement in the UK to argue that social centres are examples of the MacIntyrean small communities that can virtuously resist the overbearing market influence. Looking at the contrast between rented and squatted centres, the paper argues that those that are squatted are practice-based communities, and those that are rented, are institutions. This therefore highlights the interrupting role of the market and argues that the rented centres are incompatible with MacIntyre’s ideal.

AB - This paper uses narrative from the social centre movement in the UK to argue that social centres are examples of the MacIntyrean small communities that can virtuously resist the overbearing market influence. Looking at the contrast between rented and squatted centres, the paper argues that those that are squatted are practice-based communities, and those that are rented, are institutions. This therefore highlights the interrupting role of the market and argues that the rented centres are incompatible with MacIntyre’s ideal.

KW - Property

KW - Social Centres

KW - Artistotelianism

KW - Alasdair MacIntyre

U2 - https://doi.org/10.5840/pom2008714

DO - https://doi.org/10.5840/pom2008714

M3 - Article

VL - 7

SP - 21

EP - 31

JO - Philosophy of Management

JF - Philosophy of Management

IS - 1

ER -