| The Entropy of Capitalism Contributor(s): Biel M., Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1608462420 ISBN-13: 9781608462421 Publisher: Haymarket Books OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Social Science | Methodology - Political Science | Political Economy |
| Dewey: 330.122 |
| Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences (Haymarket Books) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.22 lbs) 391 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 parasitizing 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. |
