Spectres of capitalism : a critique of current intellectual fashions
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Spectres of capitalism : a critique of current intellectual fashions
Monthly Review Press, 1998
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Au-delà du capitalisme
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Translation of: Au-delà du capitalisme
Includes bibliographical references ([147]-151 p. ) and index
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pbk. ISBN 9780853459330
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Samir Amin, one of the most influential economists today, has produced another groundbreaking work. Spectres of Capitalism cuts through the current intellectual fashions that assume a global capitalist triumph, taking the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Marx and Engels's classic tract, the Communist Manifesto, to focus upon the aspirations of the destitute millions of the post-Cold War era. In this succinct theoretical text, Amin examines the changing notion of crisis in capitalism; misconceptions of the free market model; the various distortions of Marx's method; the role of culture in revolutions; the decline of the "law of value" in economics; the philosophical roots of postmodernism; how telecommunications affect ideology; and the myth of "pure economics." Amin has a broad following among students of economics, who value his analyses of the intricacies of capitalist development, both in the major powers and in the third world. The comprehensive scope of this work will also attract readers as a contribution to the international dialogue of intellectuals commemorating the Communist Manifesto.
Table of Contents
- Capitalist crisis and the crisis of capitalism
- unity and changes in the ideology of political economy
- is social history marked by overdetermination or underdetermination?
- social revolution and cultural revolution
- from the dominance of economics to that of culture - the withering away of the law of value and problems of the transition to communism
- postmodernism - a neoliberal utopia in disguise?
- communication as ideology
- pure economics, or the contemporary world's witchcraft.
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ISBN 9780853459347
Description
This economic study seeks to cut through the intellectual fashions that assume a global capitalist triumph, taking the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Marx and Engels' tract, "The Communist Manifesto" to focus upon the aspirations of the destitute millions of the post-Cold War era. Samir Amin examines the changing notions of crisis in capitalism; misconceptions of the free market model; the various distortions of Marx's method; the role of culture in revolutions; the decline of the "law of value" in economics; the philosophical roots of postmodernism; how telecommunications affect ideology; and the myth of "pure economics".
Table of Contents
- Capitalist crisis and the crisis of capitalism
- unity and changes in the ideology of political economy
- is social history marked by overdetermination or underdetermination?
- social revolution and cultural revolution
- from the dominance of economics to that of culture - the withering away of the law of value and problems of the transition to communism
- postmodernism - a neoliberal utopia in disguise?
- communication as ideology
- pure economics, or the contemporary world's witchcraft.
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