| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 391 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 39 |
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Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 39.
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| Contents |
The Entropy of Capitalism; Copyright; 1. Understanding the Limits and Decay of the Capitalist Mode of Production; 2. Capitalism as an Adaptive System; 3. The 'Systemic Turn' in Capitalist Political Economy; 4. The Era of Feedback from Entropy; 5. Militarism and State Terrorism as a Response to Crisis; 6. Organisation of the Twenty-First Century International System; 7. Contradictions in the Contemporary Phase of Imperialist Governance, and the Forces for Change within It |
| Summary |
The project of applying general systems theory to social sciences is crucial in today's crisis when social and ecological systems clash. This book concretely demonstrates the necessity of a Marxist approach to this challenge, notably in asserting agency (struggle) as against determinism. It similarly shows how Marxism can be reinvigorated from a systems perspective. Drawing on his experience in both international systems and low-input agriculture, Biel explores the interaction of social and physical systems, using the conceptual tools of thermodynamics and information. He reveals the early twenty-first century as a period when capitalism starts parasitising on the chaos it itself creates, notably in the link between the two sides of imperialism: militarism (the 'war on terror') and speculative finance capital |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-375 and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Capitalism.
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Marxian economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Free Enterprise.
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Capitalism
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Marxian economics
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Kapitalism.
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Marxistisk ekonomi.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011029699 |
| ISBN |
9789004204294 |
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9004204296 |
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1283310589 |
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9781283310581 |
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9789004204300 |
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900420430X |
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