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The Empire of Capital
Ellen Meiksins Wood
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Capitalism makes possible a new form of domination by purely economic means, argues Ellen Meiksins Wood. So, surely, even the most seasoned White House hawk would prefer to exercise global hegemony in this way, without costly colonial entanglements. Yet, as Wood powerfully demonstrates, the economic empire of capital has also created a new unlimited militarism.
By contrasting the new imperialism to historical forms such as the Roman and Spanish empire, and by tracing the development of capitalist imperialism back to the English domination of Ireland and on the British Empire in America and India, Wood shows how today's capitalist ... Read more
Capitalism makes possible a new form of domination by purely economic means, argues Ellen Meiksins Wood. So, surely, even the most seasoned White House hawk would prefer to exercise global hegemony in this way, without costly colonial entanglements. Yet, as Wood powerfully demonstrates, the economic empire of capital has also created a new unlimited militarism.
By contrasting the new imperialism to historical forms such as the Roman and Spanish empire, and by tracing the development of capitalist imperialism back to the English domination of Ireland and on the British Empire in America and India, Wood shows how today's capitalist ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844675180
SKU
V9781844675180
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99-1
About Ellen Meiksins Wood
Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942-2016), for many years Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, was the author of many books, including Democracy Against Capitalism, The Pristine Culture of Capitalism, The Origin of Capitalism, Peasant-Citizen and Slave, Citizens to Lords, Empire of Capital and Liberty and Property.
Reviews for The Empire of Capital
A splendid book.
Eric Hobsbawm A thought-provoking genealogy of empires throughout history.
Publishers Weekly
The best articulation of the secular Left's critique of global capital.
Tikkun
... a timely book ... a powerful antidote to one of the afflictions of the interregnum, the belief that appearance is everything.
London Review of Books
The ... Read more
Eric Hobsbawm A thought-provoking genealogy of empires throughout history.
Publishers Weekly
The best articulation of the secular Left's critique of global capital.
Tikkun
... a timely book ... a powerful antidote to one of the afflictions of the interregnum, the belief that appearance is everything.
London Review of Books
The ... Read more