Obsolescent Capitalism
Capitalism is going senile. Its ambition is now restricted to maintaining the wealth of the wealthy in the world, while the poor are demonised as the enemy
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TITLE:
Obsolescent Capitalism - Contemporary
Politics and Global Disorder
AUTHOR: Samir Amin
ISBN/PRICE:
1 84277 320 8 hbk GBP45.00/US$69.95
1 84277 321 6 pbk GBP14.95/US$22.50
FEATURES: Notes Bibliography Index 208pp Metric
Demy format
LIBRARY CATEGORIES: Politics Economics
PUBLICATION DATE: December 2003
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KEY POINTS
+ A stimulating overview of contemporary capitalism
+ Topical discussion of the militarisation of
globalisation
+ Samir Amin has a worldwide reputation as an
analyst of global economics
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK
Capitalism is going senile. Its ambition is now
restricted to maintaining the wealth of the wealthy
in the world, while the poor are demonised as the
enemy. In this major new book, Samir Amin presents a
synoptic view of capitalism's future. He depicts a
world in which NATO has taken over the role of the
United Nations, in which US hegemony is more or less
complete, in which millions are condemned to die in
order to preserve the social order of the US, Europe
and Japan. His analyses of the Gulf War, the wars in
former Yugoslavia and the war in Central Asia reveal
the scope of US strategic aims. He explains why
Macdonald's hamburgers needs McDonnell-Douglas's F-
16s, arguing that the political and military
dimension of US dominance is as significant as US
economic preponderance in determining the future of
capitalist development.
"Globalisation is just another word for US
domination" - Henry Kissinger
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Samir Amin is one of the foremost radical thinkers
on the changing nature of capitalism, North-South
relations, and development. His most famous works
are Accumulation on a World Scale and Unequal
Development. His previous titles with Zed include
Capitalism in the Age of Globalization (1997).
Obsolescent Capitalism is translated by Patrick
Camiller.
CONTENTS
Introduction
1. The Political Economy of the Twentieth Century
Return of the Belle Époque
The Thirty Years War
The post-war age: from boom (1945-1970) to crisis
(1970...)
The fin de siècle crisis
The legacy of the twentieth century: the South and
the new globalization
2. The Tools of Analysis and Action
Historical Marxism and historical Keynesianism
Democracy, an indispensable instrument of social and
political struggle. Socialism through the market or
through democratization?
3. The Redeployment of Capitalism
The unfolding of the crisis
Financialization: a temporary phenomenon or a sign
of lasting change in capitalism
The technological revolution: myths and realities
4. The New Triad Imperialism
Imperialism, the permanent stage of capitalism
Redeployment of the imperialist system
What about the 'Asian miracle'?
The collective imperialism of the Triad
5. The Militarization of the New Collective
Imperialism
Two major theses
American hegemony: reality or aspiration?
Militarization of the US drive for hegemony
The Gulf War
The Yugoslav wars
War in Central Asia
6. Obsolescent Capitalism and the New World Disorder Obsolescent capitalism Apartheid on a world scale Obliteration of the European project The geometry of international conflicts The law under contempt, democracy under threat
7. Basic Requirements for a Non-American Twenty-
First Century
Strengths and weaknesses of the liberal project of
obsolescent capitalism
For a multipolar world
'Catching up' or building a different society?
Building convergence in diversity
Selective Bibliography
Appendices
The challenges of modernity
Imaginary capitalism and actually existing
capitalism
The destructive dimensions of capital accumulation
The development paradigm
Culturalism, ethnicism and the question of cultural
resistance
Political Islam
Inherited diversity and future-oriented diversity
Capitalism and the agrarian question
Notes
Index
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