The Implosion of Contemporary Capitalism Contributor(s): Amin, Samir (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583674209 ISBN-13: 9781583674208 Publisher: Monthly Review Press OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Economy - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Business & Economics | Free Enterprise & Capitalism |
Dewey: 330.122 |
LCCN: 2013030193 |
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.57" W x 8.3" (0.42 lbs) 144 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Renowned political economist Samir Amin, engaged in a unique lifelong effort both to narrate and affect the human condition on a global scale, brings his analysis up to the present--the world of 2013. The key events of our times--financial crisis, the emerging nations, globalization, financialization, political Islam, Euro-zone implosion--are related in a coherent, historically based, account. Changes in contemporary capitalism require an updating of definitions and analysis of social classes, class struggles, political parties, social movements and the ideological forms in which they express their modes of action in the transformation of societies. Amin meets this challenge and lays bare the reality of monopoly capitalism in its general, global form. Ultimately, Amin demonstrates that this system is not viable and that the implosion in progress is unavoidable. Whether humanity will rise to the challenge of building a more humane global order free of the contradictions of capital, however, is yet to be seen. |
Contributor Bio(s): Amin, Samir: - Samir Amin is Director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal and President of the World Forum for Alternatives. His numerous works include Eurocentrism: Second Edition, The World We Wish to See, The Liberal Virus, Unequal Development, and Spectres of Capitalism. |