Capitalism and Its Uncertain Future

Capitalism and Its Uncertain Future
Author: Kristin Plys
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2021-10-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000429571

For decades, Charles Lemert has been the leading voice in social theory. In Capitalism and its Uncertain Future he teams up with one of the most creative emerging social theorists, Kristin Plys, to examine how social theory imagines capitalism. This engaging and innovative book provides new perspectives on well known theorists from Adam Smith, and Frantz Fanon, to Gilles Deleuze, while also introducing readers to lesser known theorists such as Lucia Sanchez Saornil, Mohammad Ali El Hammi, and many more. The book examines theories of capitalism from four perspectives: macro-historical theories of the origins of capitalism; postcolonial theories of capitalism that situate capitalism as seen from the Global South; theories of capitalism from the perspective of labor; and prospective theories of capitalism’s uncertain future. This provocative and ambitious, yet accessible, perspective on theories of capitalism will be of interest to anyone who wants to explore where we’ve been and where we’re headed.

Forces of Production, Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Capitalism

Forces of Production, Climate Change and Canadian Fossil Capitalism
Author: Nicolas Graham
Publisher: Studies in Critical Social Sci
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2022-01-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781642596212

In this brilliant reimagining of Marx's concept of forces of production, Graham shows that the power of fossil capital, not technological deficiency, enfetter any green-transition.

Grundrisse

Grundrisse
Author: Karl Marx
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 912
Release: 2005-11-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0141194030

Written during the winter of 1857-8, the Grundrisse was considered by Marx to be the first scientific elaboration of communist theory. A collection of seven notebooks on capital and money, it both develops the arguments outlined in the Communist Manifesto (1848) and explores the themes and theses that were to dominate his great later work Capital. Here, for the first time, Marx set out his own version of Hegel's dialectics and developed his mature views on labour, surplus value and profit, offering many fresh insights into alienation, automation and the dangers of capitalist society. Yet while the theories in Grundrisse make it a vital precursor to Capital, it also provides invaluable descriptions of Marx's wider-ranging philosophy, making it a unique insight into his beliefs and hopes for the foundation of a communist state.

World Employment Programme

World Employment Programme
Author: International Labour Office
Publisher:
Total Pages: 118
Release: 1979
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789221021186

Progress report on the research activities carried out within the framework of the WEP. Describes the overall objectives and means of action of WEP, the organization of research and dissemination of results, and reviews on-going employment research projects.

Critical Reflections on Economy and Politics in India

Critical Reflections on Economy and Politics in India
Author: Raju J. Das
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 672
Release: 2020-03-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004415564

In this book, Das deploys class theory to decipher India’s economic and political situation. It deals with the specificities of India’s capitalism and neoliberalism, and their economic consequences. It critically examines lower-class struggles led by the Left, and the fascistic politics of the Right.