| The Entropy of Capitalism Contributor(s): Biel, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 900420430X ISBN-13: 9789004204300 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $151.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Social Science | Sociology - General - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory |
| Dewey: 330.122 |
| Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (1.75 lbs) 404 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The project of applying general systems theory to social sciences is crucial in today's crisis when social and ecological systems clash. This book concretely demonstrates the necessity of a Marxist approach to this challenge, notably in asserting agency (struggle) as against determinism. It similarly shows how Marxism can be reinvigorated from a systems perspective. Drawing on his experience in both international systems and low-input agriculture, Biel explores the interaction of social and physical systems, using the conceptual tools of thermodynamics and information. He reveals the early twenty-first century as a period when capitalism starts parasitising on the chaos it itself creates, notably in the link between the two sides of imperialism: militarism (the 'war on terror') and speculative finance capital. |
