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Capital and Its Discontents [electronic resource] : Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lilley, Sasha.
- Series:
- Spectre
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capitalism.
- Economics.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Imperialism.
- Neoliberalism.
- Local Subjects:
- Capitalism.
- Economics.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Imperialism.
- Neoliberalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Other Title:
- Capital and Its Discontents
- Place of Publication:
- : PM Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Unraveling the complicated details surrounding the world's present economic and political climate, this collection of interviews addresses the faulty underpinnings of capitalism and discusses why the future must be economically founded otherwise. Probing into the roots of the global economic crisis, the role that debt and privatization play in dampening social revolt, and the ramifications of post-colonial mentality in the Global South, this collection provides the tools for reconsidering capitalism and solutions for surviving current crisis by learning from past mistakes. This collection incl
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction ""; ""PART I: Empire, Neoliberalism, Crisis""; ""chapter one- Ellen Meiksins Wood: Empire in the Age of Capital""; ""chapter two- David Harvey: The Rise of Neoliberalism and the Riddle of Capital ""; ""chapter three- Leo Panitch and Doug Henwood: Demystifying Globalization ""; ""chapter four- David McNally: The Global Economic Meltdown""; ""chapter five- Sam Gindin, Greg Albo, and Leo Panitch: Capitalist Crisis and Radical Renewal""; ""PART II: Commodifi cation, Enclosure, and the Contradictions of Capitalism""
- ""chapter six- John Bellamy Foster: The Ecological Dimensions of Marx�s Thought """"chapter seven- Jason W. Moore: The Socio-Ecological Crises of Capitalism ""; ""chapter eight- Gillian Hart: The Agrarian Question and Multiple Paths of Capitalist Development in East Asia and South Africa ""; ""chapter nine- Ursula Huws: Labor and Capital, Gender and Commodification ""; ""PART III Alternatives? ""; ""chapter ten- Vivek Chibber: National Capitalism in the Third World""; ""chapter eleven- Mike Davis: Isaac Deutscher and the Old Left""
- ""chapter twelve- Tariq Ali: Anti-imperialism and the New Left, Revolt and Retrenchment""""chapter thirteen- John Sanbonmatsu: Postmodernism and the Politics of Expression ""; ""chapter fourteen- Noam Chomsky: Anarchism, Council Communism, and Life After Capitalism ""; ""chapter fifteen- Andrej Grubacic: Libertarian Socialism for the Twenty-First Century ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Contributors ""; ""Notes ""; ""Index ""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-60486-534-2
- OCLC:
- 714569603
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