The Maghreb in the modern world: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco; (Penguin African library, AP 29)

Amin, Samir

Penguin

Text: English, French (translation)

Neo-colonialism in West Africa; (Penguin African library)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Dynamics of Global Crisis

Preeminent theoreticians of the world economy set out their understanding of the long-term dynamics of global capitalism.

Business & Money

Economics

Palgrave HE UK

xi 292p paperback, a fresh copy, clean pages, firm binding, cover in excellent condition, name to endpaper, rarely used, scarce

Class and Nation, Historically and in the Current Crisis

Sociology

Heinemann

The Liberal Virus: Permanent War and the Americanization of the World

"Amin is both a real-world social scientist and a revolutionary socialist." Review of Radical Political Economy Samir Amin's ambitious new book argues that the ongoing American project to dominate the world through military force has its roots in European liberalism, but has developed certain features of liberal ideology in a new and uniquely dangerous way. Where European political culture since the French Revolution has given a central place to values of equality, the American state has developed to serve the interests of capital alone, and is now exporting this model throughout the world. American Imperialism, Amin argues, will be far more barbaric than earlier forms of imperialism, pillaging natural resources and destroying the lives of the poor. The Liberal Virus examines the ways in which the American model is being imposed on the world, and outlines its economic and political consequences. It shows how both citizenship and class consciousness are diluted in 'low-intensity democracy' and argues instead for democratisation as an ongoing process -- of fundamental importance for human progress -- rather than a fixed constitutional formula designed to support the logic of capital accumulation. In a panoramic overview, Amin examines the objectives and outcomes of American policy in the different regions of the world. He concludes by outlining the challenges faced by those resisting the American project today: redefining European liberalism on the basis of a new compromise between capital and labour, re-establishing solidarity among the people of the South, and reconstructing an internationalism that serves the interests of regions that are currently divided against each other.

Philosophy

Pluto Press

The Implosion of Capitalism

In The Implosion of Capitalism world-renowned political economist Samir Amin connects the key events of our times – financial crisis, Eurozone implosion, the emerging BRIC nations and the rise of political Islam – identifying them as symptoms of a profound systemic crisis.In light of these major crises and tensions, Amin updates and modifies the classical definitions of social classes, political parties, social movements and ideology. In doing so he exposes the reality of monopoly capitalism in its contemporary global form.In a bravura conclusion, Amin argues that the current capitalist system is not viable and that implosion is unavoidable. The Implosion of Capitalism makes clear the stark choices facing humanity – and the urgent need for a more humane global order.

In The Implosion of Capitalism world-renowned political economist Samir Amin connects the key events of our times – financial crisis, Eurozone implosion, the emerging BRIC nations and the rise of political Islam – identifying them as symptoms of a profound systemic crisis. In light of these major crises and tensions, Amin updates and modifies the classical definitions of social classes, political parties, social movements and ideology. In doing so he exposes the reality of monopoly capitalism in its contemporary global form. In a bravura conclusion, Amin argues that the current capitalist system is not viable and that implosion is unavoidable. The Implosion of Capitalism makes clear the stark choices facing humanity – and the urgent need for a more humane global order.

Samir Amin has undertaken an ambitious task: nothing less than an analysis of the process of capital accumulation on a global level. Drawing on a wide range of empirical material from Africa and the Middle East, Amin attempts to demonstrate, through a critique of writings on "underdevelopment," how accumulation in advanced capitalist countries prevents development, however that may be defined, within the peripheral social formations, usually referred to as "underdeveloped" countries. Samir Amin ranks among those who realize the necessity not merely to comprehend the growing crisis of world capitalism, as it manifests itself within individual nation states, but also at the world level.

Accumulation on a World Scale: A Critique of the Theory of Underdevelopment. (2 Volumes)

Monthly Review+press

Accumulation on a World Scale: A Critique of the Theory of Underdevelopment

International

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The Maghreb in the modern world: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco; (Penguin African library, AP 29)

Neo-colonialism in West Africa; (Penguin African library)

Dynamics of Global Crisis

Class and Nation, Historically and in the Current Crisis

The Liberal Virus: Permanent War and the Americanization of the World

The Liberal Virus: Permanent War and the Americanization of the World

The Implosion of Capitalism

The Implosion of Capitalism

Accumulation on a World Scale: A Critique of the Theory of Underdevelopment. (2 Volumes)

Accumulation on a World Scale: A Critique of the Theory of Underdevelopment