Out of early twentieth-century Russia came the world s first significant effort to build a modern revolutionary society. According to Marxist economist Samir Amin, the great upheaval that once produced the Soviet Union has also produced a movement away from capitalism a long transition that continues even today. In seven concise, provocative chapters, Amin deftly examines the trajectory of Russian capitalism, the Bolshevik Revolution, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the possible future of Russia and, by extension, the future of socialism itself. Amin manages to combine an analysis of class...
Out of early twentieth-century Russia came the world s first significant effort to build a modern revolutionary society. According to Marxist economis...
"In this second volume of his memoirs and final writings based on his life, Samir Amin describes his thoughts and experiences with an array of countries, primarily in the Arab World, Africa, Asia, and Latin America, recounting in detail the stages of his ongoing dialogue over several decades with popular movements struggling for a better future"--
"In this second volume of his memoirs and final writings based on his life, Samir Amin describes his thoughts and experiences with an array of countri...