Spectres of Capitalism: A Critique of Current Intellectual Fashions

by Samir Amin

Overview

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."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780853459330
Publisher:	Monthly Review Press
Publication date:	01/01/1998
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Samir Amin was born in Egypt in 1931 and received his Ph.D. in economics in Paris in 1957. He is director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His numerous works include The Law of Worldwide Value, Eurocentrism: Second Edition, The World We Wish to See, The Liberal Virus, Accumulation on a World Scale, Imperialism and Unequal Development, and The Implosion of Contemporary Capitalism.