Specters of Capitalism: A Critique of Current Intellectual Fashions - Hardcover

Amin, Samir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0853459347 ISBN 13: 9780853459347

Publisher: Monthly Review Press, 1999

Synopsis

Amin, one of the most influential economists today, examines the changing notion of crisis in capitalism; misconceptions of the free market model; the various distortions of Marx's method; the role of culture in revolutions; the decline of the "law of value" in economics; the philosophical roots of postmodernism; how telecommunications affect ideology; and the myth of "pure economics."

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Synopsis

This economic study seeks to cut through the intellectual fashions that assume a global capitalist triumph, taking the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Marx and Engels' tract, "The Communist Manifesto" to focus upon the aspirations of the destitute millions of the post-Cold War era. Samir Amin examines the changing notions of crisis in capitalism; misconceptions of the free market model; the various distortions of Marx's method; the role of culture in revolutions; the decline of the "law of value" in economics; the philosophical roots of postmodernism; how telecommunications affect ideology; and the myth of "pure economics".

About the Author

Samir Amin is Director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal and President of the World Forum for Alternatives. His numerous works include Eurocentrism: Second Edition, The World We Wish to See, The Liberal Virus, Unequal Development, and Spectres of Capitalism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0853459347
• ISBN 13: 9780853459347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160