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Since its first publication twenty years ago, Eurocentrism has become a classic of radical thought. Written by one of the world s foremost political economists, this original and provocative essay takes on one of the great "ideological deformations" of our time: Eurocentrism. Rejecting the dominant Eurocentric view of world history, which narrowly and incorrectly posits a progression from the Greek and Roman classical world to Christian feudalism and the European capitalist system, Amin presents a sweeping reinterpretation that emphasizes the crucial historical role played by the Arab...

Samir Amin's ambitious new book argues that the ongoing American project to dominate the world through military force has its roots in European liberalism, but has developed certain features of liberal ideology in a new and uniquely dangerous way. Where European political culture since the French Revolution has given a central place to values of equality, the American state has developed to serve the interests of capital alone, and is now exporting this model throughout the world. American imperialism, Amin argues, will be far more barbaric than earlier forms of imperialism, pillaging...

In "The Implosion of Capitalism" world-renowned political economist Samir Amin connects the key events of our times financial crisis, Eurozone implosion, the emerging BRIC nations and the rise of political Islam identifying them as symptoms of a profound systemic crisis.
In light of these major crises and tensions, Amin updates and modifies the classical definitions of social classes, political parties, social movements and ideology. In doing so he exposes the reality of monopoly capitalism in its contemporary global form.
In a bravura conclusion, Amin argues that the current...

In this extensively revised and expanded edition of the 1978 classic, Samir Amin suggests new approaches to Marxian analysis of the crisis of the late capitalist system of generalized, financialized, and globalized oligopolies following on the financial collapse of 2008.

Considering that Marx s Capital written before the emergence of imperialism as a decisive factor in capitalist accumulation could provide no explanation for the persistent underdevelopment of the countries of the global South, Amin advances several important theoretical concepts extending traditional Marxian views of...