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A life looking forward : memoirs of an independent marxist / Samir Amin ; translated by Patrick Camiller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Amin, Samir.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amin, Samir.
- Political scientists--Egypt.
- Political scientists.
- Marxian economics.
- Historical materialism.
- Dialectical materialism.
- Egypt.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 266 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Summary:
- 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 the evolution, crises and potentialities of radical movements, especially in the Third World. A Life Looking Forward will be invaluable not only to readers interested in Amin's profoundly influential work or in the history of the global left but to anyone concerned with today's worldwide struggles against capitalist globalization.
- Contents:
- Childhood
- A student in Paris
- Cairo, 1957-1960
- Parisian interlude, January-September 1960
- Bamako, 1960-1963
- Professor of political economy, 1963-1970
- The political context, 1960-1998
- Director of the Institute for Economic Planning and Development (IDEP), 1970-1980
- The Third World Forum
- Towards a common front of the world's peoples?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1842777823
- 9781842777824
- 1842777831
- 9781842777831
- 1842773216
- 9781842773215
- 1842773208
- 9781842773208
- OCLC:
- 71368938
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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