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 "The Implosion of Capitalism" world-renowned political economist Samir Amin connects the key events of our times financial crisis, Eurozone impl...
Samir Amin, one of the twentieth century's leading radical intellectuals, has lived his personal and political life at the intersection of various cultures and international progressive currents - from Egypt to France to West Africa, from communism to national-liberation socialism, Maoism and finally a mature anti-imperialism. His memoirs are not only a fascinating personal narrative but a penetrating historical-political analysis, as well as an introduction to his most important theoretical contributions. They offer a unique vantage point for observing the operations of global capitalism and...
Samir Amin, one of the twentieth century's leading radical intellectuals, has lived his personal and political life at the intersection of various cul...
This book focuses on a central concept that "Theory is History," as the theory of capitalism can only be formulated on the basis of an analysis of its history. In contrast, bourgeois thinking replaces the analysis of historical capitalism with an abstract theory without any links to reality. "Economics," which is the theory of an imaginary system, then becomes an apologia intended to give legitimacy to the behaviour of the owners of capital. The author pays special attention to the globalization of the law of value. The individual chapters illustrate the author's thesis by focusing on the...
This book focuses on a central concept that "Theory is History," as the theory of capitalism can only be formulated on the basis of an analysis of its...
Samir Amin remains one of the world's most influential thinkers about the changing nature of North-South relations in the development of contemporary capitalism. In this highly prescient book, originally published in 1997, he provides a powerful analysis of the new unilateral capitalist era following the collapse of the Soviet model, and the apparent triumph of the market and globalization. Amin's innovative analysis charts the rise of ethnicity and fundamentalism as consequences of the failure of ruling classes in the South to counter the exploitative terms of globalization. This has had...
Samir Amin remains one of the world's most influential thinkers about the changing nature of North-South relations in the development of contemporary ...
